Melanippeia (island)

natural · 550 BC – 2099 AD · location approximate

According to a fragment of Favorinus quoted by Stephanus of Byzantium, Melanippeia was one of two islets that constituted the "Chelidoniai petrai". These "rocks" are thought to be identifiable with the largest two of several islets that lie off modern Cape Gelidonya on the south coast of Anatolia (the modern Beş Adalar = Five Islands). Melanippeia is perhaps to be identified with the largest of the group, modern Devecitaşı Ada.

Coordinates
36.18446, 30.40583
Also known as
Melanippeia (grc), Μελανίππεια (grc)
Dating
attested

Sources

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