Carambis or Karambis ( grc, Κάραμβις) was an ancient Greek city of

ancient Paphlagonia Paphlagonia (; el, Παφλαγονία, Paphlagonía, modern translit. ''Paflagonía''; tr, Paflagonya) was an ancient region on the Black Sea coast of north-central Anatolia, situated between Bithynia to the west and Pontus (region), Pontus t ...

, on a promontory of the same name. The town is mentioned in the '' Periplus of Pseudo-Scylax'' (under the name Caramus or Karamos) and by

Pliny the Elder Gaius Plinius Secundus (AD 23/2479), called Pliny the Elder (), was a Roman author, naturalist and natural philosopher, and naval and army commander of the early Roman Empire, and a friend of the emperor Vespasian. He wrote the encyclopedic '' ...

. The name occurs as Carambas in the Peutinger Table. The promontory is now known as Kerempe Burnu. Its site is tentatively located near Fakas,

Kastamonu Province Kastamonu Province ( tr, ) is one of the provinces of Turkey, in the Black Sea region to the north of the country. It is surrounded by Sinop to the east, Bartın, Karabük to the west, Çankırı to the south, Çorum to the southeast and the ...

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...

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Populated places in ancient Paphlagonia Former populated places in Turkey History of Kastamonu Province Ancient Greek archaeological sites in Turkey {{Kastamonu-geo-stub