Orientale Mare/Gangeticus Sinus/Eous Oceanus
natural · 330 BC – 2100 AD
Ancient Greek and Roman sources refer to the Bay of Bengal, which forms the northeastern portion of the Indian Ocean, by these names. It was also sometimes construed as an ocean entirely surrounding Asia.
- Coordinates
- 15.00000, 90.00000
- Also known as
- Eous Oceanus (la), Eous oceanus (la), Gangeticus Sinus, Orientale Mare
- Dating
- attested
Sources
- Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)
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