NAUSTATHMUS(Ναύσταθμος), a port-town on the Euxine, in the western part of Pontus, on a salt lake connected with the sea, and 90 stadia to the east of the river Halys. (Arrian, Peripl. p. 16; Marcian. Heracl. p. 74; Anonym. Peripl. p. 9; Tab. Peut., where it is erroneously called Nautagmus.) The Periplus of the Anonymus places it only 40 stadia east of the mouth of the Halys. Comp. Hamilton ( Researches, 1. p. 295), who has identified the salt lake with the modern Hamamli Ghieul;but no remains of Naustathmus have been found.
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