Cape Tisan

Cape Tisan projects into the Mediterranean from the rocky coast of Cilicia. It forms the southern tip of a rounded peninsula joined to the mainland by a narrow neck, with a bay on either side. The eastern bay offers better shelter from the prevailing southwesterly wind. Here stood the ancient port of Aphrodisias, whose name survives in the shortened form Tisan. In the Middle Ages the eastern bay was called Limni Aphrodisias and its western counterpart Limni Etheros.