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SATYRO´RUM PROMONTO´RIUM

SATYRO´RUM PROMONTO´RIUM (Σατύρων ἄκρον, Ptol. 7.3.2), a promontory on the coast of Sinae (China), forming the southern extremity of the bay Theriades, and placed by Ptolemy directly under the equator. It is probably the present Cape St. James. (Forbiger, Geogr. ii. p. 477, note 51.)

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