Astacenus/Olbianus Sinus

natural · 30 BC – 2100 AD

The Gulf of İzmit (Turkish: İzmit Körfezi) is also known as Izmit Bay. This body of water is a bay located at the easternmost edge of the Sea of Marmara.

Coordinates

40.75000, 29.58333

Also known as

Astacenus sinus (la), Astacenus sinus (la), Astakenos kolpos (grc), Olbianus Sinus, Ἀστακηνὸς κόλπος (grc)

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)

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