landscape of Persembe County

Boon (Ancient Greek: Βοών) was a port on the Black Sea coast of ancient Pontus, 90 stadia east of Cape Jasonium.[1]

According to William Hamilton, the 19th-century geologist, it was "the best winter harbor on that side of Constantinople, surpassing even Sinope due to its great depth".[2]

Its site is located near Perşembe in Asiatic Turkey.[3][4]

References

  1. Arrian. Periplus Ponti Euxini. Vol. p. 417.
  2. Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), Boon
  3. Talbert, Richard, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 87. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9, with accompanying Map-by-Map Directory.
  4. Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Boon". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.

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