Kourias (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).
Last modified
Oct 14, 2025 06:36 PM
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History
Mentioned in ancient sources, the Kourias promontory on Cyprus' southern coast probably corresponds to the northern, higher elevation portion of the modern Akrotiri peninsula before a thin stretch of ocean separating it from an island in antiquity filled in, creating the modern Limassol Salt Lake.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/707548
34.62929, 32.96717
- Associated Modern Locations:
- Less than certain: GeoNames location of Akrotiri Peninsula (AD 2000 - AD 2099) accuracy: +/- 30 meters.
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- Κουριὰς ἄκρα (Kourias akra: Ancient Greek, 330 BC - AD 640)
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- Less than certain: Ακρωτήρι (Akrotiri: Modern Greek, unspecified date range)
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cape, promontory, promuntory
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 72 B3 Kourias? Pr.
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Akrotiri Pr.
D. Rupp, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Sean Gillies, Brady Kiesling, and R. Talbert, 'Kourias (promontory): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/707548> [accessed: 18 May 2026]
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