Kainys (promontory)
natural · 30 BC – 1918 AD
Modern Punta del Pezzo on the Calabrian coast of Italy, opposite Sicily and north of Rhegion. According to Strabo, the promontory was located near the Scyllaean rock, opposite the Pelorus promontory in Sicily.
- Coordinates
- 38.23124, 15.63554
- Also known as
- Caenus (la), Caenus (la), Kainys, Kainus, Kaînys (grc), Καῖνυς (grc)
- Dating
- attested
Sources
- Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)