Sam(m)onion (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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Oct 14, 2025 06:39 PM
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Modern Cape Sideros at the extreme northeast tip of the island of Crete.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/590037
35.316056, 26.311348
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Κάβο Σίδερο (AD 2000 - AD 2099) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Cape Sideros (English, AD 1900 - AD 2099)
- Κάβο Σίδερο (Kabo Sidero: Modern Greek, AD 2000 - AD 2099)
- Sammonion Pr. (330 BC - AD 300)
- Samonion Pr. (330 BC - AD 300)
- Sam(m)onion (promontory) part of (physical/topographic) Creta (island) (unspecified date range)
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cape, promontory
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 60 F2 Sam(m)onion Pr.
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Cape Sideros
J. Bennet, G. Reger, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Sean Gillies, Brady Kiesling, and R. Talbert, 'Sam(m)onion (promontory): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/590037> [accessed: 06 December 2025]
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