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Crithote (Thrace)

Western Asia

Crithote, also spelled Krithote, was an ancient Greek city in the Thracian Chersonesus, on the Hellespont north of Gallipoli. It was founded as an Athenian colony by Miltiades, and is named alongside Aegospotami, Cressa, and Pactya among the cities of the Thracian Chersonesus in the Periplus of Pseudo-Scylax.

Facts
Latitude
40.406725 degrees north 1
Longitude
26.651664 degrees east 1
Elevation Band
Lowland 2
Climate Zone
Temperate 3
Time Zone
UTC+03:00 4
Sources
1. Crithote (Thrace) (Wikidata)
P625 (coordinate location)
Quote, P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 40.406725, longitude 26.651664
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2. OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m): SRTM 90 m elevation at 40.4067,26.6517
OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m)results elevation
Quote, results elevation
"elevation": 20.0
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3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 40.25, 26.75
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 40.25, 26.75
40.25 26.75 Csa
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4. GeoNames: Gelibolu - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 746983, nearest place to the city coordinates (1.71 km)
Quote, cities500 record 746983, nearest place to the city coordinates (1.71 km)
40.40836 26.67174 P PPLA2 TR 17 8632582 25178 41 Europe/Istanbul
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Crithote (Thrace) (Wikipedia)
In Group: Cities of Western Asia (World), Wikipedia lead / Wikidata P17, confirms city and countryView the Source
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