Chersonesus (disambiguation)

Chersonesus is an ancient city near Sevastopol, Crimea.

Chersonesos or Chersonesus (χερσόνησος), the Greek word for "peninsula", may also refer to:

Cities

 * Cherronesos (Caria), an ancient city in Caria, now in Turkey
 * Chersonesus (northern Crete), an ancient city in northern Crete
 * Hersonissos, Crete, Greece, a village near the prior, adopting the ancient name


 * Chersonesus (western Crete), an ancient city in western Crete
 * Chersonesos (Sicily), an ancient Greek colony in Sicily, Italy
 * Chersonesos (Thrace), an ancient Greek colony, also called Agora, in what is today the Gallipoli peninsula
 * Chersonesus in Europa, an ancient city and bishopric in Turkish Thrace
 * Chersonesus Parva, a town in ancient Egypt

Peninsulas

 * Taurica or Chersonesus Taurica, today known as the Crimean Peninsula
 * Gallipoli, Turkey, called Chersonesus Thracica in antiquity
 * Jutland Peninsula, Denmark, called Chersonesus Cimbrica in antiquity
 * Malay Peninsula, Malaysia, identified with the Golden Chersonese, or the Chersonesus Aurea, in antiquity