Codanus sinus

The Codanus sinus is the Latin name of the Baltic Sea and Kattegat.

Codanus sinus with its many islands

According to Pomponius Mela (3.31, 3.54) and Pliny the Elder (4.96), it is an "enormous bay" lying beyond the Elbe". It has "many small islands", the largest one being Scandinavia (the manuscripts of Mela have Codannovia).[1]

The origin of the name is obscure.

See also

References
  1. J.H.F. Bloemers, Sean Gillies, Perry Scalfano, R. Talbert, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Codanus? Sinus: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2020 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/98940> [accessed: 16 June 2020]
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