Rasamabes

Rasamabes refers to a sandbar called Farwa Island, a thin strip of land protecting a large lagoon just to the east of the Tunisian-Libyan border, or a site on the Libyan mainland closest to it. Originally an island, it has been turned into a peninsula by a relatively recent manmade causeway. A relatively minor natural feature, it appears much more frequently on Sfera maps than the large island of Djerba, which is only labeled as such in three manuscripts; it is therefore possible that the many references to Rasamabes are actually intended to point to Djerba. Campbell #1656.