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Lekton/Lectum

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: C. Foss, G. Reger, S. Mitchell

Contributors: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Sean Gillies, Ryan Horne, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert

Last modified Jun 07, 2018 08:53 PM — History

The Lekton promontory (modern Cape Baba or Baba Burnu) is the the westernmost point of Asia Minor.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/550691

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
39.47832135, 26.06330945

Locations:

GeoNames location of Baba Burnu (modern)
OSM location of Cape Baba (modern)

Names:

Λεκτόν (Lekton: Ancient Greek, 550 BC - AD 300)
promunturium Lectum (Latin, 30 BC - AD 300)

Lekton/Lectum makes connections with:

Lekton/Lectum connection Aegaeum Mare (unspecified date range)

Lekton/Lectum receives connections from:

None

Place type:
cape, promontory

References:

Evidence:

Plin. HN (Mayhoff: PHI) 5.123.4

See Further:

Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 56 C3 Lekton Pr.

Details:

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Bababurnu

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Suggested citation:
C. Foss, G. Reger, S. Mitchell, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Sean Gillies, Ryan Horne, Brady Kiesling, and R. Talbert, 'Lekton/Lectum: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2018 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/550691> [accessed: 08 April 2020]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/550691 |title=Places: 550691 (Lekton/Lectum) |author=Foss, C., G. Reger, S. Mitchell |accessdate=April 8, 2020 2:18 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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