Sounion (Attica: cape)
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: J.S. Traill
Creators: J.S. Traill
Contributors:
Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Rosemary Selth, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, R. Scott Smith, R. Talbert, Greta Hawes
Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Oct 13, 2025 04:28 PM
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The southernmost tip of the Attic peninsula.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/580108
37.6501072, 24.0262818
- Representative Locations:
- OSM Location: modern Ακρωτήριο Σούνιο (AD 2000 - AD 2099) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Ακρωτήριο Σούνιο (Akrotírio Soúnio: Modern Greek, AD 2000 - AD 2099)
- Cape Colonna (English, AD 2000 - AD 2099)
- Kolonnes (English, AD 1900 - AD 1999)
- Kávo Kolónes (Modern Greek, AD 2000 - AD 2099)
- Σούνιον ἄκρον (Sounion akron: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Άκρα Σούνιο (Ákra Soúnio: Modern Greek, AD 2000 - AD 2099)
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- Sounion Pr. (English, AD 1900 - AD 1999)
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cape, promontory
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 59 D4 Sounion Pr.
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: promontory and fort, Kolonnes
J.S. Traill, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Rosemary Selth, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, R. Scott Smith, R. Talbert, and Greta Hawes, 'Sounion (Attica: cape): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/580108> [accessed: 12 November 2025]
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