Novyĭ Afon (Georgia)
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Information for Authority record
Name (Hebrew)
אתוס החדשה (גאורגיה)
Name (Latin)
Novyĭ Afon (Georgia)
Other forms of name
Novyĭ Afon (Georgian S.S.R.)
Afon Ćh́yt︠s︡ (Georgian S.S.R.)
Akhali Atoni (Georgian S.S.R.)
Novyy Afon (Georgian S.S.R.)
נובי אתון (גאורגיה)
Coordinates
40.8 40.8 43.091667 43.091667 (gooearth )
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Sources of Information
- Amichba, G. A. Novyĭ Afon i ego okrestnosti, 1988:p. 4 (health resort in Abkhazskai︠a︡ A.S.S.R.; known in ancient times as Trakhei︠a︡, Anakopii︠a︡, Psyrdzkha [no publs. in LC]) p. 83 (since 1967 known by 3 names, Afon Ćh́yt︠s︡ (Abkhazian), Akhali Atoni (Georgian), and Novyĭ Afon (Russian))
- USSR gazetteer, 2d ed., 1970:v. 4, 864 (Novyy Afon; popl. pl.; 43p0s06ʹN, 40p0sN 48ʹE)
Wikipedia description:
New Athos or Akhali Atoni is a town in the Gudauta Municipality of Abkhazia situated some 22 km (14 mi) from Sokhumi by the shores of the Black Sea. The town was previously known under the names Nikopol, Acheisos, Anakopia, Nikopia, Nikofia, Nikopsis, Absara, and Psyrtskha. New Athos Cave is one of Abkhazia's tourist attractions.
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