Organa/Turgana (island)
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: M. Roaf
Creators: M. Roaf
Contributors:
Mary E. Downs, M. Joann McDaniel, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Brian Z. Lund, R. Talbert, Enes Yılandiloğlu
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Jan 08, 2026 09:16 PM
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History
An island located near the Strait of Hormuz. Some sources suggest that Organa be equated with Lārak island, while others suggest Hormuz island.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/30251
27.0672635513, 56.4602754276
- Representative Locations:
- Less than certain: OSM location of Hormuz Island (modern) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- هرمز جزيرهسى (Hürmüz Cezīresi: Ottoman Turkish, AD 1500 - AD 1599)
- Ὀργάνα (Organa: Ancient Greek, 550 BC - AD 640)
- Turgana (Latin, AD 300 - AD 640)
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island
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 3 Organa Ins./‘Turgana’
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: island
M. Roaf, Mary E. Downs, M. Joann McDaniel, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Brian Z. Lund, R. Talbert, and Enes Yılandiloğlu, 'Organa/Turgana (island): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/30251> [accessed: 11 February 2026]
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