SCOMBRA´RIA
SCOMBRA´RIA (
Σκομβραρία,
Strab. iii. p.159), an island on the S. coast of Spain, in front of the bay which formed the harbour of Carthago Nova, and 24 stadia, or 3 miles, distant from the coast.
It derived its name from the scombei, tunny-fish, or mackarel, which were found here in great quantities, and from which the Romans prepared their garum. (
Plin. Nat. 31.8. s. 43.)
It was also called Herculis Insula. Now
Islote. [
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