Historical place profile
Ābādān (settlement)
A settlement on Ābādān island, which is located at the head of the Persian Gulf. The name of the city derives from that of the island; the city is first mentioned by this name in the 9th century CE.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:211425280
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:211425280
- Place type
- settlement, settlement-modern
- Coordinates
- 30.356546, 48.277439
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
A settlement on Ābādān island, which is located at the head of the Persian Gulf. The name of the city derives from that of the island; the city is first mentioned by this name in the 9th century CE.
Geographic evidence
The coordinates are a representative_point_not_boundary. They identify a research anchor and do not by themselves assert an ancient administrative boundary or the full extent of the settlement.
Provenance: TAVO Index
Source and reuse
This profile derives from the Pleiades current GIS record, licensed CC BY 3.0. Pleiades place record The profile preserves the source name, point, type, description, precision and provenance without silently adding a boundary reconstruction.
Research path
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