Orcas
Ὀρκάς
Orcas (Ὀρκάς, Ptol. 2.3.1), a promontory on the N. coast of Britannia Barbara, now Dunnet Head. It should be remarked, however, that Ptolemy (l.c.) places it on the E. coast, and gives it the additional name of Tarvedum (Ταρουιδούμ).
From William Smith (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. Text provided under a CC BY-SA license by Perseus Digital Library, http://www.perseus.tufts.edu, with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities and Tufts University. Data accessed from https://github.com/PerseusDL/canonical-pdlrefwk/ on 17 October 2026.