Bozburun Peninsula

	Bozburun Peninsula Bozburun Peninsula ( tr, Bozburun Yarımadası) is a peninsula in southwest Turkey. In antiquity the cape at its extremity was called ''Aphrodisias'' ( grc, Ἀφροδισιάς). It is between the Aegean Sea, Aegean and Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean seas. Datça Peninsula is to the north and the Greece, Greek island Symi is to the west. It is named after the town Bozburun which is located at . The peninsula is a part of Marmaris ilçe (district) of Muğla Province. The peninsula is mountainous, one notable peak was called Mount Phoenix (Caria), Mount Phoenix in antiquity, and modernly Karayüksek Dağ; this peak marked the beginning of the Rhodian Peraia. The coastline of the peninsula is highly indented with many secondary peninsulas, bays and islets. In the peninsula there are ruins of ancient settlements such as Bybassos, Hygassos, Kastabos, Tymnos, Syrna (Caria), Syrna, Thysanos, Phoenix (Caria), Phoenix, Amos (ancient city), Amos and Kasara (Caria), Kasara. References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Aegean Sea The Aegean Sea ; tr, Ege Denizi (Greek language, Greek: Αιγαίο Πέλαγος: "Egéo Pélagos", Turkish language, Turkish: "Ege Denizi" or "Adalar Denizi") is an elongated embayment of the Mediterranean Sea between Europe and Asia. It is located between the Balkans and Anatolia, and covers an area of some 215,000 square kilometres. In the north, the Aegean is connected to the Marmara Sea and the Black Sea by the straits of the Dardanelles and the Bosphorus. The Aegean Islands are located within the sea and some bound it on its southern periphery, including Crete and Rhodes. The sea reaches a maximum depth of 2,639m to the west of Karpathos. The Thracian Sea and the Sea of Crete are main subdivisions of the Aegean Sea. The Aegean Islands can be divided into several island groups, including the Dodecanese, the Cyclades, the Sporades, the Saronic Islands, Saronic islands and the North Aegean islands, North Aegean Islands, as well as Crete and its surrounding islands. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Hygassos Hygassos was a town of the Rhodian Peraea in ancient Caria, that was inhabited in the Hellenistic period. The name does not appear in inscriptions, but the demonym ( grc, Ὑγασσέως) occurs frequently in ancient epigraphy. Its site is located on Losta Bay, Bozburun Peninsula Bozburun Peninsula ( tr, Bozburun Yarımadası) is a peninsula in southwest Turkey. In antiquity the cape at its extremity was called ''Aphrodisias'' ( grc, Ἀφροδισιάς). It is between the Aegean Sea, Aegean and Mediterranean Sea, Mediter ..., Asiatic Turkey. References Populated places in ancient Caria Former populated places in Turkey {{Muğla-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Peninsulas Of Turkey Turkey is primarily a country of two peninsulas: the Asiatic (southeastern) side is Anatolia, and the European (northwestern) side is Thrace on the Balkan Peninsula. On these two main peninsulas there are secondary peninsulas.''Britannica Atlas'',Encyclopædia Britannica Inc.,1977,p 121-122 The list of peninsulas See also * Bays of Turkey * Capes of Turkey Geography of Turkey References {{DEFAULTSORT:Peninsulas of Turkey Peninsulas Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with a small portion on the Balkan Peninsula in ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Landforms Of Muğla Province A landform is a natural or anthropogenic land feature on the solid surface of the Earth or other planetary body. Landforms together make up a given terrain, and their arrangement in the landscape is known as topography. Landforms include hills, mountains, canyons, and valleys, as well as shoreline features such as bays, peninsulas, and seas, including submerged features such as mid-ocean ridges, volcanoes, and the great ocean basins. Physical characteristics Landforms are categorized by characteristic physical attributes such as elevation, slope, orientation, stratification, rock exposure and soil type. Gross physical features or landforms include intuitive elements such as berms, mounds, hills, ridges, cliffs, valleys, rivers, peninsulas, volcanoes, and numerous other structural and size-scaled (e.g. ponds vs. lakes, hills vs. mountains) elements including various kinds of inland and oceanic waterbodies and sub-surface features. Mountains, hills, plateaux, and plains are the fou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Kasara (Caria) Kasara was a town of ancient Caria Caria (; from Greek: Καρία, ''Karia''; tr, Karya) was a region of western Anatolia extending along the coast from mid-Ionia (Mycale) south to Lycia and east to Phrygia. The Ionian and Dorian Greeks colonized the west of it and joined the .... Its name does not appear in ancient authors but is inferred from inscriptions. Its site is located near Asardibi, Asiatic Turkey. References Populated places in ancient Caria Former populated places in Turkey {{AncientCaria-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Amos (ancient City) Amos (Ancient Greek: Ἄμος, possibly from ἄμμος "sandy") was a settlement ('' dēmē'') of ancient Caria, located near the modern town of Turunç, Turkey. History Amos was located in the Rhodian Peraia in Caria on the Mediterranean coast. It was probably connected with Lindos which is supported by epigraphic finds from that city.P. M. Fraser & G. E. Bean, ''The Rhodian Peraea and Islands'', London 1954. Its connection to the ''poleis'' of Rhodes is further attested by the use of the Doric dialect in the inscriptions found at the settlement.Richard Stillwell ''et al.'' eds. (1976)''The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites''./ref> Amos was in the 5th century incorporated in the Delian league together with the other Rhodian areas, and is noted in the Athenian tributes lists as belonging to the community of the ''kherronēsioi'' ("the people of the peninsula"). The Loryma peninsula is the most probable candidate for this peninsula; the other members of this communit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Phoenix (Caria) Phoenix or Phoinix ( grc, Φοῖνιξ) was a town of ancient Caria, near the mountain of the same name on the southern branch of the Bozburun Peninsula. It may be the same as the town called Phoenice or Phoinike (Φοινίκη) by Stephanus of Byzantium. It belonged to the Rhodian Peraea. Its site is located near Fenaket Phoenix or Phoinix ( grc, Φοῖνιξ) was a town of ancient Caria, near the mountain of the same name on the southern branch of the Bozburun Peninsula Bozburun Peninsula ( tr, Bozburun Yarımadası) is a peninsula in southwest Turkey. In antiqu ... in Asiatic Turkey. Archaeology has uncovered numerous inscriptions. References Populated places in ancient Caria Former populated places in Turkey History of Muğla Province Marmaris District Ancient Greek archaeological sites in Turkey Ancient Rhodes Greek colonies in Caria {{AncientCaria-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Thysanos Thyssanus or Thyssanous ( grc, Θυσσανούς) was a town of ancient Caria Caria (; from Greek: Καρία, ''Karia''; tr, Karya) was a region of western Anatolia extending along the coast from mid-Ionia (Mycale) south to Lycia and east to Phrygia. The Ionian and Dorian Greeks colonized the west of it and joined the .... Its site is located near Saranda, Asiatic Turkey. References Populated places in ancient Caria Former populated places in Turkey {{AncientCaria-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Syrna (Caria) Syrna ( grc, Σύρνα) was a town of ancient Caria. According to Greek mythology Podalirius, son of Asclepius Asclepius (; grc-gre, Ἀσκληπιός ''Asklēpiós'' ; la, Aesculapius) is a hero and god of medicine in ancient Religion in ancient Greece, Greek religion and Greek mythology, mythology. He is the son of Apollo and Coronis (lover of ... founded the place. He named it after the Carian princess Syrna, daughter of Damaethus, whom he married her after he first healed her from a serious injury. Its site is located near Bayır, Asiatic Turkey. References Populated places in ancient Caria Former populated places in Turkey Marmaris District History of Muğla Province {{Muğla-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Tymnos Tymnos ( grc, Τύμνος) was a town of the Rhodian Peraea in ancient Caria, located on the bay Thymnias, which formed its harbour. It was a member of the Delian League. Its site is located near Bozburun, Anatolia, Asiatic Turkey. References Populated places in ancient Caria Former populated places in Turkey Members of the Delian League Marmaris District History of Muğla Province {{Muğla-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Kastabos Castabus or Kastabos ( grc, Κάσταβος) was a town of ancient Caria. Diodorus says Hemithea was carried off by Apollo Apollo, grc, Ἀπόλλωνος, Apóllōnos, label=genitive , ; , grc-dor, Ἀπέλλων, Apéllōn, ; grc, Ἀπείλων, Apeílōn, label=Arcadocypriot Greek, ; grc-aeo, Ἄπλουν, Áploun, la, Apollō, la, Apollinis, label= ... and deified at Castabus. There was a temple of that goddess there in antiquity. Its site is located near Pazarlık, Asiatic Turkey. References Populated places in ancient Caria Former populated places in Turkey Locations in Greek mythology {{AncientCaria-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Bybassos Bybassus or Bybassos or Bubassus or Bubassos ( grc, Βυβασσός) was a town in ancient Caria. Ephorus, according to Stephanus of Byzantium, wrote Bybasstum or Bybasston (Βύβασστον) and Bybastium or Bybastion (Βυβάστιον); and Diodorus means the same place, when he calls it Bubastus of the Chersonesus. Pliny the Elder has a "regio Bubassus;" and he adds, "there was a town Acanthus, otherwise called Dulopolis." He places the "regio Bubassus" next to Triopia, the district of Triopium. Finally, Pomponius Mela mentions a Bubassius Sinus. The Bubassia Chersonesus is mentioned by Herodotus. Herodotus tells a story of the Cnidians attempting to cut a canal through a narrow neck of land for the purpose of insulating their peninsula, and protecting themselves against the Persians; they were at the work while Harpagus was conquering Ionia. The isthmus where they made the attempt was five stadia wide, and rocky. This place cannot be the isthmus which connects the mainla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]