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Malichou islands

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: D.T. Potts

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

Last modified Aug 01, 2016 11:48 AM — History

A group of 10 major volcanic islands located in the Red Sea.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/39376

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
15.124664, 42.13429375

Locations:

Barrington Atlas location (30 BC - AD 300)
OSM location of Saba island (modern)
OSM location of Haycock island (modern)

Names:

Μαλίχου (Malichou: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)

Malichou islands makes connections with:

Malichou islands connection Arabicus Sinus/Erythr(ae)um/Rubrum Mare (unspecified date range)

Malichou islands receives connections from:

None

Place type:
archipelago, island group, island

References:

Evidence:

Plin. HN 6.175.6

See Further:

Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 4 B2 Malichou Inss.

Details:

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Zubayr YEM

Alternate representations:
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Suggested citation:
D.T. Potts, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Ryan Horne, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Malichou islands: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2016 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/39376> [accessed: 15 October 2018]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/39376 |title=Places: 39376 (Malichou islands) |author=Potts, D. |accessdate=October 15, 2018 5:10 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}

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