Kourias (promontory)

natural · 330 BC – 2099 AD · location approximate

Mentioned in ancient sources, the Kourias promontory on Cyprus' southern coast probably corresponds to the northern, higher elevation portion of the modern Akrotiri peninsula before a thin stretch of ocean separating it from an island in antiquity filled in, creating the modern Limassol Salt Lake.

Coordinates

34.62929, 32.96717

Also known as

Akrotiri (el), Kourias akra (grc), Ακρωτήρι (el), Κουριὰς ἄκρα (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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