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Saline

Modern name
Henisches'k (salt lagoon)
Modern country
Ukraine
Saline may be either a name or a description, marking a region of coastal salt flats on the Sea of Tana. It is one of a group of toponyms that appears only on a single Sfera map (Ashb7) with an unusual amount of detail around the Black Sea. Campbell #1174; Gordeev 254–5.
Coordinates
46.13, 34.71
World Historical Gazetteer
https://whgazetteer.org/places/portal/8364186
This toponym does not appear in the poem, only on the maps accompanying it.
Map of the location M182

Variant spellings of Saline in Sfera manuscripts

Variant Manuscripts
saline Ashb7
Suggested citation
Beneš, Carrie. “Saline.” Gregorio Dati’s La sfera = The Globe: A Digital Edition, November 13, 2026. https://la-sfera-staging-a8db029690a6.herokuapp.com/toponyms/saline/.