Boreion (promontory)
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: D.J. Mattingly Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: D.J. Mattingly Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Jan 07, 2026 10:42 AM
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History
Modern Ra’s Tāwīnis on Libya's Mediterranean coast.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/373760
31.95, 19.95
- Associated Modern Locations:
- Geonames location of Ra’s Tāwīnis (AD 1900 - AD 2099) accuracy: +/- 30 meters.
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- Βόρειον ἄκρον (Boreion akron: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Less than certain: Βρύων αἰγιαλός (Bryon Aigialos: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)
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- Ras Taiunes (English, AD 1900 - AD 1999)
- Ra’s Tāwīnis (Arabic, AD 2000 - AD 2099)
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cape, promontory, promuntory
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 38 A2 Boreion Pr.
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Ras Taiunes
D.J. Mattingly, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Boreion (promontory): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/373760> [accessed: 08 February 2026]
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