Cordyle or Kordyle ( grc, Κορδύλη), also called Portus Chordyle, was a town of

ancient Pontus Pontus or Pontos (; el, Πόντος, translit=Póntos, "Sea") is a region on the southern coast of the Black Sea, located in the modern-day eastern Black Sea Region of Turkey. The name was applied to the coastal region and its mountainous hin ...

, on the

Black Sea The Black Sea is a marginal mediterranean sea of the Atlantic Ocean lying between Europe and Asia, east of the Balkans, south of the East European Plain, west of the Caucasus, and north of Anatolia. It is bounded by Bulgaria, Georgia, Roma ...

coast, 40 or 45

stadia Stadia may refer to: * One of the plurals of stadium, along with "stadiums" * The plural of stadion, an ancient Greek unit of distance, which equals to 600 Greek feet (''podes''). * Stadia (Caria), a town of ancient Caria, now in Turkey * Stadi ...

east of Hieron Oros or Yoros. The name occurs in the ''Tabula Peutingeriana'' in the form Cordile. There appears to be some confusion in Ptolemy about this place. Its site is located near Akcakale, Trabzon, Akcakale in Trabzon Province at Turkey.

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