Siccae (islands)
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place
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Siccae Inss. (the Cíes Islands) an archipelago off the coast of Pontevedra, Spain. The archipelago includes three islands, Monteagudo ("Sharp Mount" or North Island), do Faro ("Lighthouse Island", or Illa do Medio, "Middle Island"), and San Martiño ("Saint Martin" or South Island).
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/236667
42.2175711, -8.90531533333
- Representative Locations:
- location of Illa do Faro (modern) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
- location of Illa do Monte Agudo (modern) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
- location of Illa de San Martiño (modern) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- insulae Siccae (Siccae: Latin, 30 BC - AD 640)
- Siccae (islands) connection Atlanticus Oceanus (unspecified date range)
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archipelago, island group, island
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 24 C2 Siccae Inss.
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Cíes Iss.
E.W. Haley, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Siccae (islands): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/236667> [accessed: 09 February 2026]
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