ZINGIS PROMONTORIUM
ZINGIS PROMONTORIUM (
Ζίγγις Ptol. 1.17.9,
4.7.11), probably the Modern
Maroe, was a headland on the eastern coast of Africa about lat. 10° N.
It was conspicuous from its forked head and its elevation above a level shore of nearly 400 miles in extent.
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