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Vistula (river)

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: R. Warner, A. Bursche

Contributors: R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker

Last modified Feb 21, 2023 09:44 AM — History

Vistula fl. (Vistula River) flows 1,047 km (651 miles) from the south of Poland to the Baltic Sea. Its name is first attested in the Natural History of Pliny the Elder.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/20639

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
51.6571656024, 20.0596341879

Locations:

Associated Modern Locations:
- OSM location of Vistula (AD 2000 - AD 2099) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Οὐιστούλα (Ouistoula: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Vistla (Latin, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Vistula (330 BC - AD 640)
- Visula (Latin, 30 BC - AD 300)

Vistula (river) makes connections with:

Vistula (river) flows into Suebicum Mare (unspecified date range)

Vistula (river) receives connections from:

None

Place type:
river, drainage

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Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 2 G3 Vistula fl.

Details:

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Wisła/San POL

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Suggested citation:
R. Warner, A. Bursche, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Vistula (river): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2023 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/20639> [accessed: 21 November 2024]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/20639 |title=Places: 20639 (Vistula (river)) |author=Warner, R., A. Bursche |accessdate=November 21, 2024 2:35 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}

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Vistula (river)