Boreum

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Boreum (Latin boreus "north") is:

in ancient geography:

  • a generic name for the northern extension of a land mass
  • Boreum (Kyrenaika) , an ancient city in the Kyrenaika, today's Bu Grada, about 13 km northeast of Al Burayqah
  • a cape at the easternmost point of the Great Syrte south of Benghazi, today Ras Teyonas
  • the north cape of the island of Tabrobane, see Point Pedro in Sri Lanka
  • the North Cape of Ireland, see Malin Head


  • Titular Boreum , a titular bishopric of the Roman Catholic Church
  • Mare Boreum , a degree field on Mars corresponding to the North Pole Cap
  • Planum Boreum , the plain around the north pole of Mars