Chelidoniae (islands)
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: C. Foss, S. Mitchell Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: C. Foss, S. Mitchell Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Sep 11, 2022 08:11 AM
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History
A group of islands located off Cape Gelidonya on the south coast of Anatolia, modern Beşadalar (Five Islands), Turkey. Ancient commentators vary on the number of islands in the group, some counting only the largest two.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/638799
36.1920524442, 30.4041269006
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- Chelidoniae (550 BC - AD 640)
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- Beş Adalar (Turkish, AD 1900 - AD 2099)
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- Korydela (island) part of (regional) Chelidoniae (islands) (unspecified date range)
- Melanippeia (island) part of (regional) Chelidoniae (islands) (unspecified date range)
archipelago, island group
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 65 D5 Chelidoniae Inss.
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Beş Adalar
C. Foss, S. Mitchell, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert, and Tom Elliott, 'Chelidoniae (islands): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2022 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/638799> [accessed: 19 April 2024]
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