Galiba (mountain)
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).
Last modified
Jul 26, 2022 06:53 AM
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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 (modern Sri Lanka).
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/50644
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- Galiba M. (30 BC - AD 300)
- Γάλιβα ὄρη (Galiba ore: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Galiba (mountain) part of (physical/topographic) Sri Lanka (unspecified date range)
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unlocated
- Evidence:
- See Further:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 5 Galiba M.
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: N Sri Lanka
M.U. Erdosy, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Galiba (mountain): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2022 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/50644> [accessed: 22 June 2025]
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