Historical place profile
Methana/Arsinoe
Methana/Arsinoe refers to a peninsula and settlement located on the north coast of the Argolid. In geological terms, the peninsula is formed by relatively recent volcanic activity, with the last-known eruptive activity in the third century BCE. Human activity on the peninsula spans many periods. The chief polity was located in the southwest of the peninsula where the modern village of Megalochori is found today.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:570482
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:570482
- Place type
- cape, settlement
- Coordinates
- 37.591241, 23.374092
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
Methana/Arsinoe refers to a peninsula and settlement located on the north coast of the Argolid. In geological terms, the peninsula is formed by relatively recent volcanic activity, with the last-known eruptive activity in the third century BCE. Human activity on the peninsula spans many periods. The chief polity was located in the southwest of the peninsula where the modern village of Megalochori is found today.
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 58 E2 Methana/Arsinoe
Source and reuse
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Research path
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