Field photograph·C02355·1929

Petra tou Limniti, seen from the west

Petra tou Limniti, a steep rocky island rising from the sea, seen from the west. — Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1929. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C02355. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A dark, craggy rock island with near-vertical sides and a flat-topped crest rises from calm, rippling water. A lower rocky shoulder extends to the right, and a hill ridge is visible on the far right beyond the sea. The sky is pale and empty.

Other scans of this record (2)

Description, scan 2: A dark, craggy rock rises steeply out of calm, rippled sea, with a flat-topped outline and rough, broken surfaces. To the right, a lower hill ridge runs along the horizon under a pale, hazy sky. No people or boats are visible.
Description, scan 3: A large, steep-sided rock stands out of calm, rippling sea in the middle distance, its surface rough and broken with dark shadowed clefts. Low hills run along the horizon to the right under a pale, hazy sky, and the water in the foreground shows small glints of light.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Seen from the west.

Swedish, as on the record

Från väster. Petra Tou Limniti Svenska Cypernexpeditionen