Carussa, also spelled Karoussa or Carusa and also known as Polichnion, was a Greek trading settlement (emporium) on the Black Sea coast of ancient Paphlagonia, south of Sinope. It is mentioned as a Greek city in the Periplus of Pseudo-Scylax and by Pliny the Elder, and it appears as a member of the Delian League in the tribute lists of ancient Athens.
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1. Carussa (Wikidata)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 41.8025, longitude 35.1956
- In Group: Cities of Western Asia (World), Wikipedia infobox, country field
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