Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), PALINDROMUS PROMONTORIUM

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PALINDROMUS PROMONTORIUM

PALINDROMUS PROMONTORIUM (Παλίνδρομος ἄκρα), a promontory of the extreme SW. of the Arabian peninsula, at the Straits of Bab-el-Mandeb, placed by Ptolemy between Ocelis Emporium and Posidium Promontorium, in long. 74° 30′, lat. 11° 40′ (6.7.7). It now bears the same name as the strait. (Moresby, Sailing Directions for the Red Sea, p. 2.)

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Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, illustrated by numerous engravings on wood. William Smith, LLD. London. Walton and Maberly, Upper Gower Street and Ivy Lane, Paternoster Row; John Murray, Albemarle Street. 1854.

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William Smith, LLD, Ed.