Cape Sideros

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Cape Sideros or Cape Sidero (Greek: Άκρα Σίδερος, romanized: Akra Sideros) is a cape at the eastern end of the island of Crete, Greece. Anciently it was known as Samonium or Samonion (Ancient Greek: Σαμώνιον), Sammonium or Sammonion (Ancient Greek: Σαμμώνιον),^[1] Salmonium or Salmonion (Σαλμώνιον)^[2] and Salmone (Σαλμώνη).^[3] It was here that the seamen of the Alexandrian vessel which conveyed Paul the Apostle to Rome, thinking they could pursue their voyage under the lee of the island, ran down.^[3] The cape is noted by many ancient secular writers including Strabo,^[4] Ptolemy,^[5] Pomponius Mela,^[6] and Pliny the Elder,^[7] and in the anonymous Stadiasmus Maris Magni.^[8]

Just off the promontory, ancient geographers described a reef island called Naulochus or Naumachos.^[9]

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 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Samonium". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.

Coordinates: 35°18′58″N 26°18′42″E / 35.316035°N 26.311554°E / 35.316035; 26.311554