Port
Cnidus
Also called Knidos
Identified site. Scholarly consensus identifies this site.
- Ancient name
- Cnidus
- Modern location
- Ruins of Knidos, near Datça · Turkey
- Location
- Identified site
Editorial summary
Contrary winds stopped the ship from going further than a position opposite Cnidus.
What happened here
1Slow going off Cnidus
After sailing slowly for many days, they came with difficulty opposite Cnidus, the wind not letting them go further.
People here
1On these journeys
Scripture
Nearby in the atlas
Location certainty
Acts says the ship came “opposite Cnidus”; the marker shows the ancient city.
- Coordinates
- 36.6858° N, 27.3750° E