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Sestiaria Prom

Σηστιαρία ἄκρα

Sestiaria Prom (Σηστιαρία ἄκρα, Ptol. 4.1.7), a headland on the N. coast of Mauritania Tingitana, between capes Russadir and Abyla. It is probably the same that is called Cannarum Promontorium in the Itin. Ant. (p. 11), lying at a distance of 50 miles from Russadir, or the present Cabo Quilates.

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.