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Cape Megalo Embolo (Greek: Μεγάλο έμβολο, 'Great Point') or Karaburnu (Turkish 'Black Cape'), probably the ancient Aeneium or Aineion (Ancient Greek: Αἰνειῶν), is a cape southwest of Thessaloniki, Greece, located next to the village of Angelochori. There is a lighthouse.
The line from Megalo Embolo to the mouth of the Vardar/Axios is sometimes considered to define the entrance of the Thermaic Gulf.[1]
It appears to correspond to the promontory of Aeneium described in the Periodos to Nicomedes of Pseudo-Scymnus, and was probably the site of the ancient city of Aenea.
The smaller cape Karabournaki, Mikro Karabournou, or Mikro Emvolo is found to its northeast.
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↑ Malamut Elisabeth, Grélois Jean-Pierre, "Le port de Thessalonique (IVe-XVIe siècles)", Actes des congrès de la Société des historiens médiévistes de l'enseignement supérieur public35:131-147, La Rochelle, 2004. "Ports maritimes et ports fluviaux au Moyen Age." doi:10.3406/shmes.2004.1875full text
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