Flanaticus Sinus

FLANATICUS SINUS (Plin. Nat. 3.19), or FLANONICUS (Φλανωνικὸς κόλπος, Steph. B. s. v.), the gulf on the N.W. coast of Liburnia, which derived its name from a people called the FLANATES (Plin. Nat. 3.21). There was a town called FLANONA (Plin. l. c.;Ptol. 2.16.2, Fianona), between Alvona and Tarsatica. It is now called Canal del Quarnéro, well known for its dangerous navigation. (Wilkinson, Dalmatia and Montenegro, vol. 1. p. 48; Neigebaur, Die Süd-Slaven, p. 249.)

A gulf lying between Istria and Liburnia, in the Adriatic. It was also called Polaticus Sinus, from the town of Pola in its vicinity. The name Flanaticus was derived from the adjacent town of Flanona. The modern name is the Gulf of Quarnaro (Plin. H. N. iii. 19).