Dragon Island (Trouk) | historic site

Western Sahara / Wad-ad-Dahab / ad-Dahlah /
 island, historic site

Truk, Isla del Dragon, Tayaret Hemir, Isla Herne, "Kerne", Ile Majdouline?


Hanno "the Navigator", who sailed around the year 470 BC, along the West African coast to open new trade routes, founded here probably the settlement Kerne. This is supported by the close location to the western trans-Saharan trade route (via Imilil: wikimapia.org/#lat=23.3460385&lon=-15.8958435&z=10&l=0...
and by the commodity gold: wikimapia.org/#lat=23.7224973&lon=-15.8738708&z=10&l=0...
Nearby cities:
Coordinates:   23°52'14"N   15°47'10"W
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