Issus/Nikopolis
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: T. Sinclair, P.-L. Gatier
Creators: T. Sinclair, P.-L. Gatier
Contributors:
M. Ballance, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Warner, R. Talbert
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Last modified
Feb 09, 2025 08:20 AM
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History
An ancient port city of Cilicia at the apex of the gulf that bore its name (Issicus Sinus).
500 km
Base style derived from Mapbox Satellite Streets. | Pleiades layers and interaction design by Sean Gillies, David Glick, Alec Mitchell, Ryan M. Horne, and Tom Elliott.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/658490
36.8536681114, 36.1570387516
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Kinet Höyük (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Ισσός (Issos: Ancient Greek, 550 BC - AD 640)
- Issus (550 BC - AD 640)
- Kinet Höyük (Turkish, AD 2000 - AD 2099)
- Kınet Höyüğü (Turkish, AD 1800 - AD 1899)
- Nikopolis (330 BC - AD 640)
- Yeşil Hüyük (Turkish, AD 1900 - AD 2099)
- Ḥịsn at-Tı̄nāt (Arabic, AD 800 - AD 999)
- None
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None
settlement, archaeological site
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 67 C3 Issus/Nikopolis
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Yeşil Hüyük, formerly Kınet Höyüğü
T. Sinclair, P.-L. Gatier, M. Ballance, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Warner, and R. Talbert, 'Issus/Nikopolis: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/658490> [accessed: 25 March 2025]
{{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/658490 |title=Places: 658490 (Issus/Nikopolis) |author=Sinclair, T., P. Gatier |accessdate=March 25, 2025 6:45 am |publisher=Pleiades}}
