Alontas (river)
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: David Braund Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: David Braund Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
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A major river of the Northern Caucasus that flows from Georgia to the Caspian Sea.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/863737
43.452618082, 45.3755391193
- Associated Modern Locations:
- OSM location of Terek River (AD 2000 - AD 2099) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
- Alontas (river) flows into Caspium/Hyrcanium Mare (unspecified date range)
- Gali͡ugaĭ located near Alontas (river) (4000 BC - 3000 BC)
river, drainage
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Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 88 C2 Alontas fl.
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Terek GEO/RUS
David Braund, R. Talbert, Diane Braund, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Alontas (river): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/863737> [accessed: 12 February 2026]
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