Chersonesus (disambiguation)

Chersonesus is an ancient city near Sevastopol, Crimea.

Chersonesos or Chersonesus (Ancient Greek: χερσόνησος), the Greek word for "peninsula", may also refer to:

Cities

• Cherronesos (Caria), an ancient city in Caria, now in Turkey
• Chersonesus (northern Crete), an ancient city in northern Crete

• Hersonissos, Crete, Greece, a village near the prior, adopting the ancient name

• Chersonesus (western Crete), an ancient city in western Crete
• Chersonesos (Sicily), an ancient Greek colony in Sicily, Italy
• Chersonesos (Thrace), an ancient Greek colony in what is today the Gallipoli peninsula
• Chersonesus in Europa, an ancient city and bishopric in Turkish Thrace
• Chersonesus Parva, a town in ancient Egypt

Peninsulas

• Taurica or Chersonesus Taurica, today known as the Crimean Peninsula
• Gallipoli, Turkey, called Chersonesus Thracica in antiquity
• Jutland Peninsula, Denmark, called Chersonesus Cimbrica in antiquity
• Malay Peninsula, Malaysia, identified with the Golden Chersonese, or the Chersonesus Aurea, in antiquity

See also

• Chersonese (disambiguation)
• Chersonesos A, a shipwreck off the coast of the Crimean peninsula
• Chersonesus Cathedral, in Chersonesus, Crimea
• Russian Orthodox Diocese of Chersonesus
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Chersonesus (disambiguation)