(H)Ebudes (islands)
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: A.S. Esmonde Cleary Copyright © The Creators. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: A.S. Esmonde Cleary Copyright © The Creators. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
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Sep 23, 2025 09:52 PM
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History
An archipelago off the west coast of Scotland, whence the modern name Hebrides. Pliny numbers 30 islands among the Hebudes, whereas Ptolemy counts five among the Eboudai. Ptolemy's coordinates most closely match with the modern islands of Islay, Jura, Rathlin, Mull, and the Kintyre peninsula, but comprehensive and conclusive names and identifications in antiquity remain elusive and controversial.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/89198
57.8787661451, -6.70600719847
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Scalpay, Inner Hebrides (modern) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- *Scitis connection (H)Ebudes (islands) (unspecified date range)
- Dumna (island) part of (physical/topographic) (H)Ebudes (islands) (unspecified date range)
archipelago, island group, island
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 9 A5 (H)Ebudes Inss.
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Inner Hebrides
A.S. Esmonde Cleary, R. Warner, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, '(H)Ebudes (islands): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/89198> [accessed: 15 February 2026]
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