Pharus (island)

natural · 550 BC – 2100 AD

Pharus Ins. (Hvar, Croatia) is an island in the Adriatic Sea. The island has evidence of human occupation beginning in the Neolithic period. Greek settlers occupied the island ca. 390 BCE.

Coordinates

43.16524, 16.72106

Also known as

Ins. Faria (la), Insula Faria, Faria (Insula) (la), Otok Hvar (hr), Otok Hvar, Hvar (hr), Pharus

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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