Limnae or Limnai () was a town of

ancient Bithynia Bithynia (; ) was an ancient region, kingdom and Roman province in the northwest of Asia Minor (present-day Turkey), adjoining the Sea of Marmara, the Bosporus, and the Black Sea. It bordered Mysia to the southwest, Paphlagonia to the northeast a ...

on the coast of the

Propontis The Sea of Marmara, also known as the Sea of Marmora or the Marmara Sea, is a small inland sea entirely within the borders of Turkey. It links the Black Sea and the Aegean Sea via the Bosporus and Dardanelles straits, separating Turkey's E ...

. It was a colony of

Miletus Miletus (Ancient Greek: Μίλητος, Mílētos) was an influential ancient Greek city on the western coast of Anatolia, near the mouth of the Maeander River in present day Turkey. Renowned in antiquity for its wealth, maritime power, and ex ...

.Pseudo Scymnus or Pausanias of Damascus, Circuit of the Earth, § 696
/ref> Its site is located near Hersek, in Asiatic Turkey.

References

Populated places in Bithynia Former populated places in Turkey History of Yalova Province Greek colonies in the Thracian Chersonese {{Yalova-geo-stub