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USS Kerkenna (1900)
Kerkenna may refer to: *The Kerkenna Islands, an alternative spelling for the Kerkennah Islands * USS ''Kerkenna'', a United States Navy cargo ship in commission from 1918 to 1919 {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kerkennah Islands
Kerkennah Islands ( '; Ancient Greek: ''Κέρκιννα Cercinna''; Spanish:''Querquenes'') are a group of islands lying off the east coast of Tunisia in the Gulf of Gabès and to the east of Sfax, at . The Islands are low-lying, being no more than above sea level. The main islands are Chergui and Gharbi. The archipelago has an area of and a population of 15,501 (2014). History The natives of Tunisia and Kerkennah originally settled there, but during the spread of the Roman Empire, Kerkennah was used as a port and look-out point by the Romans, to keep note of off-shore activity. In 2 BC, Augustus exiled Sempronius Gracchus, a lover of Julia the Elder, to the islands for 14 years for his indiscretions with his then-married daughter. Greeks called it Cercina () and Cercinna (). Strabo and Ptolemaeus wrote that the city that was on the island was also called Cercinna (), same as the island. Among the Catholic bishops whom the Arian Vandal king Huneric summoned to Cart ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
