Leon (promontory)
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: J. Bennet, G. Reger Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: J. Bennet, G. Reger Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
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Jul 18, 2022 08:18 PM
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History
Mentioned in ancient sources, Leon can be associated with the small, modern Cape Kefalas, located just west of modern Lentas (ancient Leben) on the south coast of Crete.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/589903
34.9272516, 24.9200476
- Representative Locations:
- OSM Location of promontory (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Leon Pr. (unspecified date range)
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cape, promontory
- See Further:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 60 C3 Leon Pr.
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Cape Kefalas
J. Bennet, G. Reger, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Leon (promontory): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2022 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/589903> [accessed: 15 September 2024]
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