Cerne (island)

natural · 550 BC – 2099 AD · location approximate

Mentioned by numerous authors and most credibly described and placed by Pliny and Scylax, this island is probably to be associated with modern Mogador, off the Moroccan coast near Essouira.

Coordinates

31.49703, -9.78658

Also known as

Cerne (la), Cerne (la), Cerne Ins. (la), Cerne Ins. (la), Essaouira (en), Essaouira (en), Kernē, Kerne (grc), Κέρνη (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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