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Tamaros (river)

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: A.S. Esmonde Cleary

Contributors: R. Warner, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker

Last modified Nov 28, 2022 07:56 PM — History

A river name provided only by Ptolemy and thought by scholars to be identifiable with the modern Plymouth Sound estuary and its contributory, the Tamar (southwest England).

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/79704

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
50.4940356969, -4.23408520641

Locations:

Associated Modern Locations:
- OSM location of River Tamar (AD 2000 - AD 2099) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
- Geonames location of Plymouth Sound (AD 2000 - AD 2099) accuracy: +/- 30 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Tamar (English, AD 1900 - AD 2099)
- Tamaris (AD 300 - AD 640)
- Ταμαρος (Tamaros: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 640)

Tamaros (river) makes connections with:

None

Tamaros (river) receives connections from:

None

Place type:
river, drainage, river mouth, estuary

References:

See Further:

Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 8 C4 Tamaros fl.

Details:

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Tamar

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Suggested citation:
A.S. Esmonde Cleary, R. Warner, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Tamaros (river): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2022 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/79704> [accessed: 19 November 2024]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/79704 |title=Places: 79704 (Tamaros (river)) |author=Esmonde Cleary, A. |accessdate=November 19, 2024 9:53 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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Tamaros (river)