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‘A(n)dros’ Ins.

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: A.S. Esmonde Cleary

Contributors: R. Talbert, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Richard Talbert, Michael Heubel, R. Warner, Sean Gillies, Ryan Horne

Last modified Sep 27, 2022 01:27 PM — History

‘A(n)dros’ Ins., referred to as Edrou Heremos by Ptolemy was perhaps originally a coastal island, but is now connected to the mainland by a narrow strip of land, thus forming a peninsula.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/79294

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
53.3822155302, -6.02665212563

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- BAtlas Map Label Location (30 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 1860 meters.
- Imagery location of Howth Head (modern) accuracy: +/- 2000 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Adros (30 BC - AD 300)
- Andros (30 BC - AD 300)

‘A(n)dros’ Ins. makes connections with:

‘A(n)dros’ Ins. connection Hibernia (unspecified date range)

‘A(n)dros’ Ins. receives connections from:

None

Place type:
peninsula, island, map label location

References:

See Further:

Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 8 A1 ‘A(n)dros’ Ins.

Details:

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Howth Head IRE

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Suggested citation:
A.S. Esmonde Cleary, R. Talbert, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Richard Talbert, Michael Heubel, R. Warner, Sean Gillies, and Ryan Horne, '‘A(n)dros’ Ins.: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2022 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/79294> [accessed: 21 December 2024]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/79294 |title=Places: 79294 (‘A(n)dros’ Ins.) |author=Esmonde Cleary, A. |accessdate=December 21, 2024 7:09 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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