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Theon Ochema

a Pleiades place resource

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"Theon Ochema" is a toponym that describes a place in West Africa. Scholarship suggests that this toponym appears in the treatises of Mela and Pliny the Elder via the Greek version of the Periplus written by Hanno the Navigator. Some scholars suggest that this place be identified with Mount Cameroon.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/790672218

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
4.2180273, 9.1733628

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- Uncertain: OSM location of Mount Cameroon (AD 2000 - AD 2099) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Theon ochema (Latin, 30 BC - AD 300)

Theon Ochema makes connections with:

None

Theon Ochema receives connections from:

None

Place type:
volcano

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Wikidata Theon Ochema (Q135971506)

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Jeffrey Becker, 'Theon Ochema: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/790672218> [accessed: 06 March 2026]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/790672218 |title=Places: 790672218 (Theon Ochema) |author=Becker, J. |accessdate=March 6, 2026 4:21 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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