Doğanyurt, formerly Hoşalay, is a small town in the
Kastamonu Province
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in the
Black Sea
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region of
Turkey
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. It is the seat of
Doğanyurt District
Doğanyurt District is a district of the Kastamonu Province of Turkey. Its seat is the town of Doğanyurt.İlçe Belediyesi Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 1 March 2023. Its population is 997 (2021).
Kerembe Burnu, the ancient Cape
Karambis
Carambis or Karambis () was an ancient Greek city of ancient Paphlagonia, 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. The name occurs as Ca ...
, is located to the northwest of Doğanyurt. The promontory, 225 km distant from the Sarych headland, is the nearest point on the
Anatolia
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n coast to the
Crimean Peninsula
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and has for centuries served as a nautical landmark for those seeking to cross the
Black Sea
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at its narrowest point.Anthony Bryer and David Winfield, ''The Byzantine Monuments and Topography of the Pontos'', vol. 1, (Washington D.C.: Dumbarton Oaks, 1985), p. 67.