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Cape Nara

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Jeffrey Becker

Contributors: Tom Elliott

Last modified Nov 25, 2025 11:50 AM — History

Cape Nara or Nara Burnu is a headland on the Anatolian side of the Dardanelles Straits, north of Çanakkale, Turkey.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/90956722

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
40.1963301, 26.4012274

Locations:

Associated Modern Locations:
- OSM location of Cape Nara (AD 2000 - AD 2099) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Nara Burnu (Turkish, AD 2000 - AD 2099)

Cape Nara makes connections with:

None

Cape Nara receives connections from:

Abydos located on Cape Nara (unspecified date range)

Place type:
cape, promontory

References:

See Further:

Wikipedia (English) Nara Burnu

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Cape Nara: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/90956722> [accessed: 11 December 2025]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/90956722 |title=Places: 90956722 (Cape Nara) |author=Becker, J. |accessdate=December 11, 2025 1:06 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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