Leucosia (island)
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: I.E.M. Edlund Berry, A.M. Small
Creators: I.E.M. Edlund Berry, A.M. Small
Contributors:
R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Michael Heubel, Ryan Horne, Jeffrey Becker, Richard Talbert, Tom Elliott
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Last modified
Sep 09, 2022 02:48 PM
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History
In ancient times, the area of the modern Italian port town of Vibo Marina on the Gulf of Saint Euphemia was an island named Leucosia. Artificial port construction began in antiquity and, together with natural processes, has connected Leucosia to the mainland.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/452367
38.7310628004, 16.1147383422
- Representative Locations:
- BAtlas Map Label Location (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 930 meters.
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- Ithacesiae (unspecified date range)
- Λευκωσία (Leucosia: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)
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island, map label location
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 46 D4 Leucosia Ins.
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Vibo Marina
I.E.M. Edlund Berry, A.M. Small, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Michael Heubel, Ryan Horne, Jeffrey Becker, Richard Talbert, and Tom Elliott, 'Leucosia (island): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2022 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/452367> [accessed: 16 June 2025]
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