Xanthos was an ancient city in Lycia, in what is now Antalya Province, Turkey, near the modern village of Kinik, and was described by the historian Strabo as the largest city in Lycia. Its acropolis dates to the 8th century BC; besieged by the Persian general Harpagus around 540 BC, its Lycian defenders reportedly destroyed their own acropolis rather than surrender, and the city later submitted peacefully to Alexander the Great before being sacked by the Roman general Brutus in 42 BC and rebuilt under Mark Antony. Xanthos is known for elaborate tombs, including the Nereid Monument, and was jointly inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site with nearby Letoon in 1988.
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Area (sq km) Latitude36.357132 degrees north 1 Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Xanthos (Wikidata)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 36.357132, longitude 29.319255
P2046 (area)
area 1.12 sq km
- In Group: Cities of Western Asia (World), Wikipedia infobox, country field
View the Source2. OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m): SRTM 90 m elevation at 36.3571,29.3193
OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m)results elevationQuote, results elevation
"elevation": 62.0
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 36.25, 29.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 36.25, 29.25
36.25 29.25 Csa
4. IANA Time Zone Database: IANA Time Zone Database, europe zone file
IANA Time Zone DatabaseZone Europe/Istanbul; TR has this one zone in zone1970.tabQuote, Zone Europe/Istanbul; TR has this one zone in zone1970.tab
Zone Europe/Istanbul 1:55:52 - LMT 1880 ... 2:00 EU EE%sT 2016 Sep 7 3:00 - %z
Wikidata: Xanthos
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