Pantelleria (island)

natural · 550 BC – 2100 AD

An island in the Strait of Sicily with human occupation dating back at least 35,000 years, Pantelleria has evidence for Bronze Age, Punic, Roman, Medieval, and modern phases. The Romans first acquired the island in 255 B.C. They called it Cossyra.

Coordinates

36.79152, 11.99030

Also known as

Cossura (la), Cossura (la), Cossyra (la), Cossyra (la), Isola di Pantelleria (it), Kossoura (grc), Pantelleria (en), Pantelleria (en), Κόσσουρα (grc)

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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