Cotinussa (island)
natural · 330 BC – 300 AD · location approximate
A long, narrow island in antiquity, paralleling a section of the southwest Iberian coast, partly sheltering the ancient Oleastrum lacus. A sanctuary of Herakles was located at its southern end. The ancient city of Gades (Cádiz) occupied a smaller island immediately to the northwest of Cotinussa.
- Coordinates
- 36.37885, -6.22039
- Also known as
- Cotinussa, Gaditana
- Dating
- attested
Sources
- Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)