Coordinates: 37°13′N 15°14′E / 37.217°N 15.233°E / 37.217; 15.233

Augusta Bay (Sicily)

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The Augusta Bay is located on the east coast of Sicily, Italy, about 270 nm south-southeast of Naples.[1] In the ancient period it was called Xiphonius portus (Ancient Greek: Ξιφώνειος λιμήν). The modern Capo di Santa Croce was called Xiphonian Promontory (Ancient Greek: τὸ τῆς Ξ̔ιφωνίας ἀκρωτήριο). Diodorus Siculus mentions that the Carthaginian fleet (263 B.C.) touched at Xiphonia on its way to Syracuse, Sicily. Stephanus of Byzantium wrote about a town there which was called Xiphonia (Ξιφωνία),[2] but most probably he made a mistake, since no other known ancient author mentioned it.[3]

It is the location of the Augusta Bay Port Facility which supports the Sixth Fleet of the US Navy. The facility is distributed among Porto Megarese, Porto Xifonio and Seno del Priolo.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Augusta Bay Port Facility
  2. ^ Stephanus of Byzantium, Ethnica, X481.7
  3. ^ Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), Xiphonius Portus

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37°13′N 15°14′E / 37.217°N 15.233°E / 37.217; 15.233


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