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Topazios (island)

a Pleiades place resource

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An island in the Red Sea. The island is noted by Pliny as a source of topaz.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/789002572

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
23.6106207504, 36.1961391774

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- OSM location of St. John's Island (modern) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Jazīrat Zabarjad (Egyptian Arabic, modern)
- Ὀφιώδης (ἡ) (Ophiodes: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Τοπάζιον (Topazion: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Zabargad Island (English, modern)

Topazios (island) makes connections with:

Topazios (island) connection Arabicus Sinus/Erythr(ae)um/Rubrum Mare (unspecified date range)

Topazios (island) receives connections from:

None

Place type:
island

References:

Evidence:

See Further:

Wikipedia (English) Zabargad Island

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Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Jeffrey Becker, 'Topazios (island): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/789002572> [accessed: 12 December 2025]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/789002572 |title=Places: 789002572 (Topazios (island)) |author=Becker, J. |accessdate=December 12, 2025 8:06 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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Topazios (island)