Knidos or
Cnidus (; ) is an ancient settlement located in south-western
Asia Minor, modern-day Turkey. It was an
ancient Greek city of
Caria, part of the
Dorian Hexapolis. It was situated on the
Datça peninsula, which forms the southern side of the
Sinus Ceramicus, now known as
Gulf of Gökova. By the 4th century BC, Knidos was located at the site of modern
Tekir, opposite Triopion Island. But earlier, it was probably at the site of modern Datça (at the half-way point of the peninsula).