Leuke (island)

natural · 1700 AD – 2100 AD

Leuke, now Koufonísi, is a small, rocky island southeast of Crete that in antiquity was a center for the production of the purple dye derived from from the gastropod Murex trunculus.

Coordinates

34.93736, 26.13590

Also known as

Koufonisi, Koufonísi (el), Leuke (grc), Κουφονήσι (el), Λευκή (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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