Salmone

Salmone was a promontory or cape at the northeastern extremity of the island of Crete, under which Paul's ship struggled to sail during his voyage to Rome as a prisoner (Acts 27:7). Contrary winds had slowed the journey along the southern coast of Asia Minor, and after difficult sailing the ship rounded Cape Salmone and made its way westward along the southern shore of Crete toward Fair Havens (Acts 27:8). The cape is identified with the modern Cape Sidero (or Cape Plaka), the easternmost point of Crete, a bold headland that marked the entrance into the sheltered southern coast. The ship's struggle to sail "under the lee of Crete" past Salmone foreshadowed the great storm that would eventually wreck the vessel off Malta (Acts 27:14–44), making this headland a waypoint in one of the New Testament's most dramatic travel narratives.