Ardanuç is a town in Artvin Province in Turkey's Black Sea region of Turkey, 32 km east of Artvin. The name Ardanuç derives from Lazuri language and Armenian. It is the seat of Ardanuç District. Its p

In Arrian's Periplus Ponti Euxini, it is called the Acampsis ; Pliny may have confused it with the Bathys. Procopius writes that it was called Acampsis because it was impossible to force a way through