Elaia (promontory)
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: D. Rupp Copyright © The Creators. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: D. Rupp Copyright © The Creators. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
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Oct 06, 2022 02:34 PM
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History
Ptolemy places this cape on the east coast of the island of Cyprus, enumerating it between the ancient city of Salamis and the Kleides promontory at the terminus of the island's distinctive northeast peninsula.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/707507
35.32716, 34.06301
- Associated Modern Locations:
- Geonames location of Akrotírio Elaía (AD 2000 - AD 2099) accuracy: +/- 30 meters.
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- Ἐλαία ἄκρα (Elaia akra: Ancient Greek, 330 BC - AD 300)
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- Elaia Pr. (English, AD 1900 - AD 1999)
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cape, promontory
- Evidence:
- See Further:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 72 E2 Elaia Pr.
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Cape Elaia CYX
D. Rupp, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, and Tom Elliott, 'Elaia (promontory): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2022 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/707507> [accessed: 23 April 2024]
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