Karysis? (island)
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
Oct 13, 2025 09:06 PM
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History
The ancient island of Karysis is possibly to be identified (BAtlDir) with modern Hacıhalil Adası (Geonames), a small island in the Gulf of Fethiye. The same island is, according to OpenStreetMap and Google Earth, known today as Zeytin or Zeytinlı Adası.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/638903
36.6970658498, 28.9266777495
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Zeytin Adası (modern) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Less than certain: Karysis (330 BC - 30 BC)
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- Hacihalil Ada (Turkish, AD 1900 - AD 1999)
- Hacıhalil Adası (Turkish, AD 2000 - AD 2099)
- Zeytin Adası (Turkish, AD 2000 - AD 2099)
- Zeytin Island (English, AD 2000 - AD 2099)
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island
- Data Source:
- See Further:
- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 65 A4 Karysis? Ins.
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Hacihalil Ada
C. Foss, S. Mitchell, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Ryan Horne, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Karysis? (island): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/638903> [accessed: 10 May 2026]
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