Ancient site· Samsun
Ancon (Pontus)
Ancon (Pontus) is a ancient site in Samsun; Ancon was a settlement of ancient Pontus on the Black Sea, on a headland and bay of the same name east of Amisus.
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- 41.3740°N · 36.6316°E
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Ancon was a settlement of ancient Pontus on the Black Sea, on a headland and bay of the same name east of Amisus. It is mentioned in the Argonautica of Valerius Flaccus and by Apollonius Rhodius; its site lies at the mouth of the Yeşilırmak (the ancient Iris).
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