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SESTIA´RIA PROM

SESTIA´RIA PROM (Σηστιαρία ἄκρα, Ptol. 4.1.7), a headland on the N. coast of Mauritania Tingitana, between capes Russadir and Abyla. It is probably the same that is called Cannarum Promontorium in the Itin. Ant. (p. 11), lying at a distance of 50 miles from Russadir, or the present Cabo Quilates.

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    • Claudius Ptolemy, Tetrabiblos, 4.1
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