Cape Kormakitis (, ''Akrotírio Kormakíti'', ), anciently known as Crommyon or Krommyon ( or Κρομμύου ἄκρα) and also Crommyacum or Krommyakon (Κρομμυακόν) is a

promontory A promontory is a raised mass of land that projects into a lowland or a body of water (in which case it is a peninsula). Most promontories either are formed from a hard ridge of rock that has resisted the erosive forces that have removed the s ...

on the north-western coast of the

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island of Cyprus, located in the self-proclaimed republic of

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. Named after the nearby

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village of the same name, the cape marks the northernmost extent of Morphou Bay. The nearest coastal town to Cape Kormakitis is Kyrenia. Anciently, it was opposite to Anemurium in

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on what is now the Turkish mainland. The Beşparmak Trail, a 255 km long hiking trail, starts at Cape Kormakitis, and follows the

Kyrenia Mountains The Kyrenia Mountains (; ) is a long, narrow mountain range that runs for approximately along the northern coast of the island of Cyprus. It is primarily made of hard crystalline limestone, with some marble. Its highest peak is Mount Selvili, ...

all the way to Cape Apostolos Andreas, the north-easternmost point on Cyprus, at the tip of the Karpaz Peninsula.

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