Kimmerikon was an ancient Greek city in Crimea, on the southern shore of the Kerch Peninsula at the western slope of Mount Opuk, roughly 40 kilometers southwest of modern Kerch. Its acropolis stood on the hills on the west side of the mountain. Milesian colonists founded the city in the 5th century BC and it flourished around the beginning of the Christian era, and its name may preserve an earlier Cimmerian settlement on the same site.
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Founding Year Latitude45.043418 degrees north 2 Sources
1. Kimmerikon (Wikipedia)
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The town was founded by the Milesian colonists in the 5th century BC and flourished at the beginning of the Christian era.
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View the Source2. Kimmerikon (Wikidata)
P625 (coordinate location)Quote, P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 45.043418, longitude 36.231299
Wikidata: Kimmerikon
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