🏛️ Chersonesus

Ukraine · Europe · 44.61°N, 33.49°E

Chersonesus, contracted in medieval Greek to Cherson (Χερσών), was an ancient Greek colony founded approximately 2,500 years ago in the southwestern part of the Crimean Peninsula. Settlers from Heraclea Pontica in Bithynia established the colony in the 6th century BC.

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Quick facts

Country	Ukraine
Continent / region	Europe
Coordinates (approx.)	44.61°N, 33.49°E · view on map

Chersonesus is located in Ukraine, in Europe.

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