Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition/Acroceraunia

Acroceraunia, in Ancient Geography, a promontory in the N.W. of Epirus, which terminates the Montes Ceraunii, a range that runs S.E. from the promontory along the coast for a number of miles, and is supposed to have derived its name from being often struck with lightning. The cape (now called Glossa by the Greeks, and Linguetta by the Italians) is in lat. 40° 25' N.