Scytala (island)

natural · 30 BC – 2099 AD · location approximate

An island in the Red Sea, mentioned by Pliny, that cannot be precisely identified today; however, some modern scholars have conjectured its association with Shadwan island.

Coordinates

27.49723, 33.98177

Also known as

Geziret Shadwan, Jazirat Shidwan‎ (ar), Scytala (la), Scytala (la), جزيرة شدوان‎ (ar)

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)

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