Catania topographic map
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About this map
Name: Catania topographic map, elevation, terrain.
Location: Catania, Sicily, Italy (37.35830 14.93587 37.56239 15.12579)
Average elevation: 50 m
Minimum elevation: -1 m
Maximum elevation: 441 m
Around 263 BC, the city was variously known as Catĭna (Latin: ) and Catăna (Latin: ; Ancient Greek: Κατάνη ). The former has been primarily used for its supposed assonance with catina, the Latin feminization of the name catinus. Catinus has two meanings: "a gulf, a basin or a bay" and "a bowl, a vessel or a trough", thanks to the city's distinctive topography.