My point was that Ephesus was MILES inland but USED to be a sea port. The land between Ephesus and the Aegean Sea had filled in between THEN and now.
So, the English fill-in seems to be normal for this earth.
My wife and I visited Ephesus and Mary’s house a couple of years ago. There is a very beautiful peacefulness of the place that is hard to explain. Almost takes you back 2000 years. :)