Island
Insula Cephalena
Kefalonia
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Kefalonia, the Greek island in the Ionian Sea, is where Insula Cephalena belongs, although the map already shows another island called Cephalania close by, so this label is probably a duplicate. The parchment is scuffed where one letter should be, and the name has faded; older copies read it in full. One explanation is that the label once marked Pale, the island's ancient town on a hill facing Zakynthos, whose ruins lie near Lixouri. Because the name was written out in the sea, it came to be taken for an island of its own.