Korax Akron
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: David Braund Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: David Braund Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Nov 30, 2021 10:14 PM
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History
A subordinate peninsula of the Krimea, mentioned by Ptolemy. Modern Cape Meganom in Ukraine.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/226664
44.7929144, 35.0808839
- Associated Modern Locations:
- OSM Location of Modern Cape Meganom Lighthouse (modern) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Cape Meganom (English, AD 2000 - AD 2099)
- Korax Akron (unspecified date range)
- Мис Мегано́м (Mys Meganom: Ukrainian, AD 2000 - AD 2099)
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cape, promontory
- See Further:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 23 I4 Korax Akron
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Cape Meganom
David Braund, R. Talbert, Diane Braund, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Korax Akron: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2021 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/226664> [accessed: 21 June 2025]
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