Galiba M.

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: M.U. Erdosy

Contributors: R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker

Last modified Sep 22, 2013 09:46 AM — History

Galiba M. refers to mountains in the vicinity of a promontory, called Galiba Akra by Ptolemy, located on the northern coast of the ancient Taprobane.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/50644

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
10.0, 80.0

Locations:

Barrington Atlas location (30 BC - AD 300)

Names:

Galiba M. (30 BC - AD 300)

Galiba M. makes connections with:

Galiba M. connection Taprobane/Palaisimoundou/Salike (island) (unspecified date range)

Galiba M. receives connections from:

None

Place type:
unlocated

References:

Evidence:

Ptol. 7.4.8

See Further:

Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 5 Galiba M.

Details:

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: N Sri Lanka

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Suggested citation:
M.U. Erdosy, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Galiba M.: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2013 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/50644> [accessed: 11 December 2018]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/50644 |title=Places: 50644 (Galiba M.) |author=Erdosy, M. |accessdate=December 11, 2018 8:17 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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Galiba M.