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Cordyle

Ancient city · Turkey

Abandoned
unknown
Founded
—
Population
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Coordinates
41.082, 39.497
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Why it was abandoned

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Detected automatically from the text: harbor town in ancient Pontus

History

Cordyle or Kordyle, also called Portus Chordyle, was a town of ancient Pontus, on the Black Sea coast, 40 or 45 stadia 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.

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