The Codanus sinus is the Latin name of the Baltic Sea and Kattegat. 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 Scadinavia (the manuscripts of Mela have Codannovia). The origin of the name is obscure.

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  • The Codanus sinus is the Latin name of the Baltic Sea and Kattegat. 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 Scadinavia (the manuscripts of Mela have Codannovia). The origin of the name is obscure.
  • Con il nome di Golfo di Codano (in latino Codanus sinus) i geografi latini indicavano una regione costiera della Germania Magna, corrispondente alle rive sud-occidentali del Mar Baltico e del Kattegat.
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  • The Codanus sinus is the Latin name of the Baltic Sea and Kattegat. 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 Scadinavia (the manuscripts of Mela have Codannovia). The origin of the name is obscure.
  • Con il nome di Golfo di Codano (in latino Codanus sinus) i geografi latini indicavano una regione costiera della Germania Magna, corrispondente alle rive sud-occidentali del Mar Baltico e del Kattegat.
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  • Codanus sinus
  • Golfo di Codano
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