Tana River
- Modern name
- Don River
- Modern country
- Russia
- Coordinates
- 47.09, 39.24
- World Historical Gazetteer
- https://whgazetteer.org/places/portal/8364348
The Tana River is the present-day Don, a major waterway that flows south through Russia and ends at the Sea of Tana (Azov). The major port of Tana (ancient Tanais, modern Rostov-on-Don) sat at its mouth.
The toponym Tana River appears in La Sfera in the following places:
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Map of the location P136
Variant spellings of Tana River in Sfera manuscripts
| Variant | Manuscripts |
|---|---|
| .F. TANAI | Per2 |
| .f. tanay | Laur3 |
| [fiume] tanai | Fn6 |
| [fiume] tanaj | Pal5 |
| f tanai | Fn9 |
| f. tanai | Ricc11, Ro2 |
| f. tanai [?] | New |
| f. tanay | Barb3, Marc1 |
| F. thanay | Luc2 |
| f.tanay | Con4 |
| f[...] T[...]y | Cors2 |
| f[iume] tanay | Con1 |
| fiume tanai | Barb4, Fn3, Fn6, Fn8, Fo, Magl2, Ricc1, Ricc6 |
| FIUME TANAI | Ashb3 |
| Fiume tanai | Pal5 |
| Fiume tanay | Vat3 |
| fiume tanay | Cs1, Pnc5 |
| fiume tani | Fn8 |
| fiume Thanay | MB |
| FIVME TANAI | Med3, Wie1 |
| Flumen tanai | Clas2 |
| mare della tana | Parm2 |
| Tanai | Cap1, Chig1, NB, Vat2 |
| tanai | Bal, Borg, Chig2, Con3, ME2, Med2, NYPL3, Pal8, Ricc12, Ricc13, Ricc6, Ricc8, Ricc9, Spe, Urb1, Yale4 |
| Tanai .f. | Par2 |
| tanai f. | Ricc11 |
| tanai f[iume] | Bos |
| Tanai f[iume] | Bos |
| Tanai fiume | Ricc6 |
| Tanai fluminis | Con3 |
| Tanay | BL01, Med1 |
| tanay | Ricc17 |
| Tanay f. | Ricc14 |
| Tanay F. | Pnc4 |
- Suggested citation
- Beneš, Carrie. “Tana River.” Gregorio Dati’s La sfera = The Globe: A Digital Edition, November 13, 2026. https://la-sfera-staging-a8db029690a6.herokuapp.com/toponyms/tana-river/.