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Chersonasus

Southern Europe

Chersonasus, also spelled Chersonasos or Chersonesus, was a town and polis on the north coast of ancient Crete. It served as the harbor of the city of Lyktos and had a temple to the goddess Britomartis. It struck its own coins in the fourth century BC.

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Latitude
35.321428 degrees north 1
Longitude
25.390563 degrees east 1
Sources
1. Chersonasus (Wikidata)
P625 (coordinate location)
Quote, P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 35.321428, longitude 25.390563
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Wikidata: Chersonasus
Wikidata Q5092564, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
Chersonasus (Wikipedia)
In Group: Cities of Southern Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregionView the Source
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