Sallentinum/Iapygia
natural · 550 BC – 2100 AD
Cape Leuca, known as Sallentinum and Iapygia in ancient sources, is a headland that forms the extreme southeastern point of Italy and separates the Gulf of Tarentum from the Adriatic Sea.
- Coordinates
- 39.79366, 18.36900
- Also known as
- Akra Iapygia (grc), Cape Leuca (en), Cape Leuca (en), Capo Santa Maria di Leuca (it), Capo Santa Maria di Leuca (it), Iapygia Pr., Sallentinum promunturium (la), Sallentinum promunturium (la), acra Iapygia (la), acra Iapygia (la), ἄκρα Ἰαπυγία (grc)
- Dating
- attested
Sources
- Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)