Historical place profile
Harmozeia/Armuzia
A flat coastal area of ancient Carmania, located on the east coast of the Strait of Hormuz in modern Iran, and inhabited likely in a settlement near the modern Minab river. The area was visited and noted by Nearchus's expedition during the reign of Alexander the Great.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:29586
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:29586
- Place type
- coast, region, settlement
- Coordinates
- 27.161555, 56.222360
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
A flat coastal area of ancient Carmania, located on the east coast of the Strait of Hormuz in modern Iran, and inhabited likely in a settlement near the modern Minab river. The area was visited and noted by Nearchus's expedition during the reign of Alexander the Great.
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: Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 3 G4 Harmozeia/Armuzia
Source and reuse
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Research path
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