Pontus Euxinus
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: R. Talbert, Brian Z. Lund, Mary E. Downs, M. Joann McDaniel
Creators: R. Talbert, Brian Z. Lund, Mary E. Downs, M. Joann McDaniel
Contributors:
Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, R. Scott Smith, Jeffrey Becker, Greta Hawes, Tom Elliott, Enes Yılandiloğlu
Copyright © The Creators. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Dec 11, 2025 10:34 AM
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History
The Black Sea.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/1224
43.0786852, 34.7425505
- Central Point:
- OSM location of Pontus Euxinus (modern) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- باحر نيطش (Baḥr-i Nīṭaş: Ottoman Turkish, AD 1500 - AD 1599)
- Black Sea (English, modern)
- دريا سواد (Deryā-yı Sevād: Ottoman Turkish, AD 1500 - AD 1599)
- Ποντική Θάλαττα (Pontike Thalatta: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Pontus Euxinus (Latin, 750 BC - AD 640)
- Ḳaradeñiz (Ottoman Turkish, AD 1500 - AD 1599)
- Pontus Euxinus bounds Eremia Geton (30 BC - AD 300)
- Akampsis (river) flows into Pontus Euxinus (unspecified date range)
- Apatouros Kolpos connection Pontus Euxinus (unspecified date range)
- Asia Minor bounds Pontus Euxinus (unspecified date range)
- Bata/Patous connection Pontus Euxinus (unspecified date range)
- Bosphorus connection Pontus Euxinus (unspecified date range)
- Cimmerius Bosp(h)orus connection Pontus Euxinus (unspecified date range)
- Elaios (river) connection Pontus Euxinus (unspecified date range)
- Gorgippia/Sindikos Limen connection Pontus Euxinus (unspecified date range)
- Halys (river) flows into Pontus Euxinus (unspecified date range)
- Heraclea connection Pontus Euxinus (unspecified date range)
- Hypanis/Kuban (river) flows into Pontus Euxinus (unspecified date range)
- Iris (river) flows into Pontus Euxinus (unspecified date range)
- Kales (river) flows into Pontus Euxinus (unspecified date range)
- Kasku (region) located near Pontus Euxinus (1450 BC - 540 BC)
- Korax? (river) flows into Pontus Euxinus (unspecified date range)
- Leuke Ins./Achilleos Nesos located in Pontus Euxinus (unspecified date range)
- Lykastos (river) flows into Pontus Euxinus (unspecified date range)
- Lykos (river) flows into Pontus Euxinus (unspecified date range)
- Melanthios (river) flows into Pontus Euxinus (unspecified date range)
- Moches/Tarsouras?/Thersos?/Kyaneos?/Gyenos? (river) flows into Pontus Euxinus (unspecified date range)
- Naulochos/Templum Iovis? connection Pontus Euxinus (unspecified date range)
- Nesis? (river) connection Pontus Euxinus (unspecified date range)
- Phasis (river) flows into Pontus Euxinus (unspecified date range)
- Pontus bounds Pontus Euxinus (unspecified date range)
- Propontis communicates with Pontus Euxinus (unspecified date range)
- Psilon Stoma/Thiagola connection Pontus Euxinus (unspecified date range)
- Sangarius (river) connection Pontus Euxinus (unspecified date range)
- Sidenos (river) connection Pontus Euxinus (unspecified date range)
- Sinope connection Pontus Euxinus (unspecified date range)
- Taurike Chersonesos located on Pontus Euxinus (unspecified date range)
- Thermodon (river) flows into Pontus Euxinus (unspecified date range)
- Torikos/Pagras Limen/Heptalou Limen connection Pontus Euxinus (unspecified date range)
- Trapezus connection Pontus Euxinus (unspecified date range)
- Tylihul Estuary flows into Pontus Euxinus (unspecified date range)
- Tyras (river) flows into Pontus Euxinus (unspecified date range)
water, open
- Evidence:
- See Further:
- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 1 J2 Pontus Euxinus
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Black Sea
R. Talbert, Brian Z. Lund, Mary E. Downs, M. Joann McDaniel, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, R. Scott Smith, Jeffrey Becker, Greta Hawes, Tom Elliott, and Enes Yılandiloğlu, 'Pontus Euxinus: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/1224> [accessed: 12 December 2025]
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