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Kainys (promontory)

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: I.E.M. Edlund Berry, A.M. Small
Contributors: R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified Jan 28, 2024 11:00 AM — History
Modern Punta del Pezzo on the Calabrian coast of Italy, opposite Sicily and north of Rhegion. According to Strabo, the promontory was located near the Scyllaean rock, opposite the Pelorus promontory in Sicily.
500 km
Base style derived from Mapbox Satellite Streets. | Pleiades layers and interaction design by Sean Gillies, David Glick, Alec Mitchell, Ryan M. Horne, and Tom Elliott.

https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/452350

38.2312416, 15.6355372
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cape, promontory

Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 46 C5 Kainys Pr.

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Punta Pezzo/Torre del Cavallo


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I.E.M. Edlund Berry, A.M. Small, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Kainys (promontory): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/452350> [accessed: 01 April 2025] 

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