Oarakta (island)
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: M. Roaf
Creators: M. Roaf
Contributors:
Brian Z. Lund, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, M. Joann McDaniel, Jeffrey Becker, Mary E. Downs, Tom Elliott
Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
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History
An island located in the Strait of Hormuz that is separated from the mainland by the Clarence Strait in the Persian Gulf. It is the largest island in the Persian Gulf.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/29691
26.7866717293, 55.7943160257
- Associated Modern Locations:
- OSM location of Qeshm (island) (modern) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Ὀάρακτα (Oarakta: Ancient Greek, 550 BC - AD 300)
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island
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 3 G4 Oarakta Ins.
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Qeshm Is.? IRN
M. Roaf, Brian Z. Lund, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, M. Joann McDaniel, Jeffrey Becker, Mary E. Downs, and Tom Elliott, 'Oarakta (island): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2022 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/29691> [accessed: 24 June 2025]
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