Phalassia (promontory)
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: J. Fossey, J. Morin Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: J. Fossey, J. Morin Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
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Oct 31, 2025 10:29 AM
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History
A promontory, listed by Ptolemy among other coastal features of Euboea, Phalassia is probably to be associated with a promontory on the Malian Gulf in the modern locality of Βασιλίνας (Vasilinas) where a late 19th century lighthouse now stands.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/541035
38.8706964, 22.8506874
- Associated Modern Locations:
- Less than certain: OSM location of Φάρος Βασιλίνας lighthouse (modern) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Φαλα(σ)σία ἄκρα (Phalas(s)ia akra: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)
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- Phalassia Pr. (English, AD 1900 - AD 1999)
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cape, promontory
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 55 D3 Phalassia? Pr.
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J. Fossey, J. Morin, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Sean Gillies, Brady Kiesling, G. Reger, and R. Talbert, 'Phalassia (promontory): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/541035> [accessed: 15 December 2025]
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