Cercina (island)

natural · 330 BC – 2100 AD

A group of islands lying off the east coast of Tunisia in the Gulf of Gabès, the islands were a place of exile in Roman antiquity.

Coordinates

34.73959, 11.20730

Also known as

Ile Chergui (fr), Kerkinna (grc), insula Cercina (la), insula Cercina (la), Île Chergui (fr), Κέρκιννα (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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