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Organa/Turgana (island)

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: M. Roaf

Contributors: Brian Z. Lund, R. Talbert, Mary E. Downs, M. Joann McDaniel, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott

Last modified Jan 12, 2021 09:11 AM — 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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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/30251

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
27.0673175585, 56.4602023486

Locations:

Less than certain: OSM location of Hormuz Island (modern)

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Ὀργάνα (Organa: Ancient Greek, 550 BC - AD 640)
- Turgana (Latin, AD 300 - AD 640)

Organa/Turgana (island) makes connections with:

None

Organa/Turgana (island) receives connections from:

None

Place type:
island

References:

See Further:

Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 3 Organa Ins./‘Turgana’

Details:

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: island

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Suggested citation:
M. Roaf, Brian Z. Lund, R. Talbert, Mary E. Downs, M. Joann McDaniel, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Organa/Turgana (island): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2021 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/30251> [accessed: 13 April 2021]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/30251 |title=Places: 30251 (Organa/Turgana (island)) |author=Roaf, M. |accessdate=April 13, 2021 12:36 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}

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