Hamaxitus was a
ancient Greek city in the south-west of the
Troad region of
Anatolia which was considered to mark the boundary between the
Troad and
Aeolis. Its surrounding territory was known in
Greek as (
Hamaxitia), and included the temple of Apollo Smintheus, the
salt pans at
Tragasai, and the Satnioeis river (modern Tuzla Çay). It has been located on a rise called Besiktepe near the village of Gülpinar (previously Külâhli) in the
Ayvacik district of
Çanakkale Province,
Turkey.