Apphadana
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: M. Roaf, St J. Simpson Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: M. Roaf, St J. Simpson Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
May 15, 2026 05:29 PM
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History
An ancient island mentioned by Ptolemy. BAtlDir chose not to place it on a map. EncIran considers the possibility that the name may be related to "Abadan", a name for an island and settlement at the head of the Persian Gulf that first appears in literature in the 9th century CE.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/897713
30.1580322506, 48.4589364662
- Representative Locations:
- Barrington Atlas location (330 BC - AD 300)
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- Άπφαδάνα (Apphadana: Ancient Greek, 330 BC - AD 300)
- Uncertain: Apphadana same as Ābādān (island) (30 BC - AD 300)
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unlocated, island
- Evidence:
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- See Also:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 91 Apphadana
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M. Roaf, St J. Simpson, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, and Tom Elliott, 'Apphadana: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/897713> [accessed: 21 July 2026]
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