Capo Passero

Capo Passero
The fort of Capo Passero
Location in Italy
Coordinates: 36°41′18.4″N 15°09′06.1″E / 36.688444°N 15.151694°E / 36.688444; 15.151694
CountryItaly
RegionSicily

Capo Passero or Cape Passaro (Sicilian: Capu Pàssaru; Greek: Πάχυνος or Πάχυνον; Latin: Pachynus or Pachynum) is a celebrated promontory of Sicily, forming the extreme southeastern point of the whole island, and one of the three promontories which were supposed to have given to it the name of "Trinacria". (Ovid, Fast. iv. 479, Met. xiii. 725; Dionys. Per. 467–72; Scyl. p. 4. § 13; Pol. i. 42; Strabo vi. pp. 265, 272, &c.; Plin. iii. 8. s. 14; Ptol. iii. 4. § 8; Mela, ii. 7. § 15.)