Oxeia (promontory)
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: M.U. Erdosy Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: M.U. Erdosy Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
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Oct 04, 2025 08:57 PM
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Ptolemy provides this name for a promontory of Sri Lanka, which BAtlDir identifies with the southern cape of Koddiyar Bay (i.e., the promontory at the tip of which the so-called Foul Point lighthouse now stands).
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/50186
8.5253465, 81.3187225
- Associated Modern Locations:
- OSM location of modern Foul Point Lighthouse (AD 2000 - AD 2099) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Ὀξεία ἄκρα (Oxeia akra: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)
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- Oxeia Pr. (English, AD 1900 - AD 1999)
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cape, promontory, lighthouse
- Evidence:
- See Further:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 5 inset Oxeia Pr.
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: S cape of Koddiyar Bay SRI
M.U. Erdosy, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Oxeia (promontory): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/50186> [accessed: 06 December 2025]
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