Stratonicea or Stratonikeia ( grc, Στρατονίκεια), also Stratoniki or Stratonice (Στρατονίκη), was a town of Chalcidice in ancient Macedonia. It was a

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foundation on the west coast of the Akte peninsula (now Mount Athos), a few kilometers northwest of Cleonae. According to

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, the city was located on the

Singitic Gulf The Singitic Gulf (), also known as the Mount Athos Gulf or the Holy Mountain Gulf () is a gulf of the Thracian Sea, part of the northern Aegean Sea, in Chalkidiki, Greece. It is bounded by Sithonia in the west, and Mount Athos in the east. The is ...

. Its site is unlocated.

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Hazlitt's Classical Gazetteer
*Blue Guide, Greece (), p. 599 Hellenistic colonies in Chalcidice Antigonid colonies in Macedonia Populated places in ancient Macedonia Former populated places in Greece Lost ancient cities and towns Populated places in Chalkidiki {{CentralMacedonia-geo-stub