Taurus Mountains
- Modern name
- Actually the Lesser Caucasus, Taurus Mountains
- Coordinates
- 41.0, 44.0
Dati's toponyms do not distinguish between a single peak (X Mountain) and a range (the XXX Mountains), so Monte Tauro most likely refers to the Taurus Mountains of eastern Anatolia, part of the larger grouping of the Armenian Mountains. See also Mount Ararat, and note that the Taurus Mountains are different from the region of Taurica and the city of Tauris (now Tabriz).
The toponym Taurus Mountains appears in La Sfera in the following places:
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Map of the location P138
- Suggested citation
- Beneš, Carrie. “Taurus Mountains.” Gregorio Dati’s La sfera = The Globe: A Digital Edition, February 10, 2026. https://la-sfera-staging-a8db029690a6.herokuapp.com/toponyms/taurus-mountains/.