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Tiran Island

a Pleiades place resource

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Tiran (Arabic: جزيرة تيران‎ Jazīrat Tīrān) is an island located in the Straits of Tiran, which separate the Red Sea from the Gulf of Aqaba.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/594456491

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
27.9514799691, 34.5536699371

Locations:

Associated Modern Locations:
- OSM location of Tiran Island (AD 2000 - AD 2099) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
Representative Locations:
- location of Tiran Island (modern) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

Names:

None

Tiran Island makes connections with:

Tiran Island connection Aelaniticus Sinus (unspecified date range)
Tiran Island connection Arabicus Sinus/Erythr(ae)um/Rubrum Mare (unspecified date range)

Tiran Island receives connections from:

None

Place type:
island

References:

See Further:

Wikipedia (English) Tiran Island

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Jeffrey Becker, 'Tiran Island: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2022 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/594456491> [accessed: 21 November 2024]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/594456491 |title=Places: 594456491 (Tiran Island) |author=Becker, J. |accessdate=November 21, 2024 10:54 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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