Zingis Promontorium

ZINGIS PROMONTORIUM

ZINGIS PROMONTORIUM (ΖίγγιςPtol. 1.17.9, 4.7.11), probably the Modern Maroe, was a headland on the eastern coast of Africa about lat. 10° N. It was conspicuous from its forked head and its elevation above a level shore of nearly 400 miles in extent.

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