Punta Secca
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: R.J.A. Wilson Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: R.J.A. Wilson Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
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Feb 15, 2026 08:42 AM
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History
An ancient settlement at Punta Secca on Sicily's southern coast. Many scholars have long identified it as a "Kaukana" mentioned by Ptolemy and Procopius, and this identification has been reflected in modern toponymy and in the scholarly literature. It has been rejected -- because there is no natural harbor at Punta Secca -- by R.J.A. Wilson in favor of an as-yet-unlocated position on the coast somewhere east of Capo Scalambri.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/462459
36.7878770438, 14.5071814644
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Area Archeologica di Caucana (30 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Parco archeologico di Kaukana (Parco archeologico di Kaukana: Italian, modern)
- Punta Secca connection Sicilia (island) (unspecified date range)
settlement, archaeological site
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 47 F5 Punta Secca
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Punta Secca, village settlement
R.J.A. Wilson, DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Punta Secca: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/462459> [accessed: 06 March 2026]
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