40.1838°N 24.3493°WAcrothoum or Akrothoon (Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Ἀκρόθωον) or Acrothoi or Akrothooi (Ἀκρόθωοι)[1] or Acroathon or Acrothon was a town of Chalcidice in ancient Macedon, situated near the extremity of the Acte or Akte (Ακτή) peninsula (now Mount Athos), the easternmost of the three peninsulas forming the ancient Chalcidice. Thucydides says that among the cities of the aforementioned peninsula, Sane was colony of Andros, while Thyssus, Cleonae, Acrothoum, Olophyxus and Dium had a heterogeneous population of bilingual barbarians formed by a few Chalcidians and, the rest, Pelasgians, Bisaltians, Crestonians and Edoni.[2]
Its site is located about northeast of Mount Athos.