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Location

  • Türkiye, Yalıkavak
  • geo:37.089771,27.27482

Period or year

  • -7xx? / unknown

Classification

  • vicus
  • Visible

Burgaz Tepesi, Geriş (Uranion?)

data access 28654

  • NW. of the village of Geriş a high spur runs eastward from the Myndian highland to block the west end of the coastal plain of Yalikavak. It is articulated by three peaks in line (Tilki, Burgaz & Karain), of which the middle one is crowned by the citadel.  1

  1. George E. Bean, Turkey Beyond the Maeander. An Archaeological Guide, London Ernest Jersey 1971, p.116  (Internet Archive)   https://archive.org/details/in.gov.ignca.62701

References

  1. ↑Bean, G. E., J. M. Cook, and W. H. P. “The Halicarnassus Peninsula.” The Annual of the British School at Athens 50 (1955): 85–171. http://www.jstor.org/stable/30104444.

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Creators: Entry created by Elżbieta (2016-08-24) , last updated by p. jeffries (2026-09-27), with possible contributions by others. CC BY-SA 4.0, metadata CC-0.
Persistent URI: https://vici.org/vici/28654
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Suggested citation: Elżbieta and Jeffries, P., Burgaz Tepesi, Geriş (Uranion?). https://vici.org/vici/28654, accessed 2026-11-04.