Burcana (island)

natural · 30 BC – 2100 AD

Burcana Ins. (Borkum) is an island in the North Sea. It is mentioned by Strabo and Pliny the Elder as the Burchana fabaria (island of beans).

Coordinates

53.58932, 6.73253

Also known as

Borkum (de), Borkum (de), Burcana (la), Burcana (la), Burchanis (grc), Fabaria (la), Fabaria (la), Βυρχανίς (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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