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Lounarion Akron

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: H.S. Sivan, S.J. Keay, R.W. Mathisen

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

Last modified Mar 28, 2014 12:12 PM — History

An ancient promontory listed in Ptolemy's Geography. Thought to be the modern Cap Begur on the so-called Costa Brava: a section of the Mediterranean coast of modern Spain (Catalunya).

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/246474

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
41.9501869, 3.2318419

Locations:

OSM Location (modern)

Names:

Cap Begur (Spanish, modern)
Λουνάριον ἄκρον (Lounarion Akron: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)

Lounarion Akron makes connections with:

None

Lounarion Akron receives connections from:

None

Place type:
cape, promontory

References:

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Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 25 I4 Lounarion Akron

Details:

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Cap Begur

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Suggested citation:
H.S. Sivan, S.J. Keay, R.W. Mathisen, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Lounarion Akron: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2014 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/246474> [accessed: 18 September 2018]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/246474 |title=Places: 246474 (Lounarion Akron) |author=Sivan, H., S. Keay, R. Mathisen |accessdate=September 18, 2018 11:57 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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