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Cape Zonchio is the name given by the Venetian cartographers to the cape north of Pylos (Navarino) (called Zonklon or Zonchio in Venetian) on the western coast of Messenia on the Ionian Sea, in present-day Greece. It was called Coryphasium (Ancient Greek: Κορυφάσιον).[1]

  1. ^ Lemprière, John and Anton, Charles (1827) "Coryphasium" A Classical Dictionary: containing a copious account of all the proper names mentioned in ancient authors; with the value of coins, weights and measures, used among the Greeks and Romans; and a chronological table (6th American edition) E. Duychinck, Collin & Co., New York, page 211, OCLC 3129698

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