{{Short description, Turkish Cape at the Bosphorus
Yum Burnu ( Turkish 'Cape of Good Hope'), the ancient Ancyræan Cape or Ancyræan Promontory and the modern
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Cape Psomion, is the cape at the northeast end of the Bosphorus, where it enters the
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It is a bold headland descending almost perpendicularly into the water.''The Black Sea Pilot'', 192 p. 320
Just below it is a
reef
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which is often identified as the Asian side of the mythical Symplegades.