Issus
Issus or Issos was an ancient settlement on the strategic coastal plain straddling the small Pinarus River below the navigationally difficult inland mountains towering above to the east in the Turkish Province of Hatay, near the border with Syria.
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.- Ruin
- …lies at an elevation of 213 metres (699 feet)
- Description: archeological site in Turkey
- Also known as“Kinet Höyük”“Nicopolis”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Erzin and Kuzuculu.
Erzin
Town
Erzin, also known as Yeşilkent, is a municipality and district of Hatay Province, Turkey. Erzin is situated 3 km northwest of Issus.
Kuzuculu
Village
Kuzuculu is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of Dörtyol, Hatay Province, Turkey. Kuzuculu is situated 6 km south of Issus.
Yeşilköy
Village
Yeşilköy is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of Dörtyol, Hatay Province, Turkey. Yeşilköy is situated 9 km south of Issus.
Issus
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Latitude
36.93333° or 36° 56′ north
Longitude
36.21667° or 36° 13′ east
Open location code
8G8RW6M8+8M
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In Other Languages
From Ancient Greek to Western Armenian—“Issus” goes by many names.
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Ἰσσοί”
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Ἰσσός”
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Νίκόπόλίς”
- Arabic: “إسوس”
- Armenian: “Իսոս”
- Basque: “Issos”
- Catalan: “Issos”
- Chinese: “伊苏斯”
- Chinese: “伊蘇斯”
- Dutch: “Kinet Hoyuk”
- Dutch: “Kinet Höyük”
- Egyptian Arabic: “اسوس”
- Esperanto: “Iso”
- Esperanto: “Isso”
- Finnish: “Issos”
- French: “Alexandrie près d’Issos”
- French: “Issos”
- German: “Issos”
- Greek: “Ισσός”
- Hebrew: “איסוס”
- Hindi: “इस्सोस”
- Italian: “Isso”
- Japanese: “イッソス”
- Kirghiz: “Исс”
- Kurdish: “Îsos”
- Latin: “Issos”
- Latin: “Issus”
- Marathi: “आयसस”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Issos”
- Norwegian: “Issos”
- Persian: “ایسوس (کیلیکیه)”
- Persian: “ایسوس”
- Polish: “Issos”
- Portuguese: “Isso (Cilícia)”
- Portuguese: “Isso”
- Portuguese: “Issos”
- Portuguese: “Issus”
- Russian: “Ισσός”
- Russian: “Исс”
- Russian: “Иссос”
- Spanish: “Iso”
- Spanish: “Issos”
- Swedish: “Issos”
- Turkish: “İssos”
- Ukrainian: “Ісс”
- Western Armenian: “Իսսոս”
- Western Armenian: “Նիկոպօլիս”
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