Urgo/Gorgon (island)
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: W.V. Harris Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: W.V. Harris Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
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The northernmost island in the Tuscan Archipelago.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/403286
43.429303884, 9.89960836511
- Associated Modern Locations:
- OSM location of Isola di Gorgona (AD 2000 - AD 2099) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Gorgon (unspecified date range)
- Isola di Gorgona (Italian, modern)
- Urgo (Latin, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Urgo/Gorgon (island) connection Tuscan Archipelago (unspecified date range)
- Unnamed monastery (Urgo) connection Urgo/Gorgon (island) (unspecified date range)
island
- Evidence:
- See Further:
- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 41 B3 Urgo/Gorgon Ins.
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Gorgona
W.V. Harris, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Urgo/Gorgon (island): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/403286> [accessed: 22 July 2026]
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