Ancient site· Kandıra, Kocaeli
Chelae
Chelae is a ancient site in Kandıra, Kocaeli; Chelae (Chelai) was a coastal town of ancient Bithynia on the Black Sea (Pontus Euxinus).
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- 41.1830°N · 30.3375°E
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Chelae (Chelai) was a coastal town of ancient Bithynia on the Black Sea (Pontus Euxinus). It appears in the Tabula Peutingeriana and in Arrian's Periplus Ponti Euxini, which places it 20 stadia east of Thynias and 180 west of the mouth of the Sangarius (Sakarya) River.
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