Why go
The flames at Yanartaş become more intriguing when you know why ancient writers associated them with the Chimera. Pliny described a fire that burned day and night near Phaselis, while Strabo placed Chimaera farther west. That disagreement is part of the story, not a settled map reference.
The full story
Mount Chimaera was an ancient Lycian place name associated with flames that seemed to burn continuously. Some writers treated the fires as a natural explanation for the mythic Chimera, the creature described with features of a lion, goat and serpent. Pliny the Elder placed the burning mountain in the country of Phaselis and described a flame that did not go out by day or night. Later accounts elaborated the animal imagery by placing lions, goats and snakes on different parts of a mountain. The connection to modern Yanartaş is plausible because gas emerges from the rock there and burns, but the ancient location is not settled. In 1811, Sir Francis Beaufort identified Chimaera with the burning site now called Yanartaş. Strabo, however, described a Lycian ravine farther west, near the Cragus Mountains. When looking at the flames, think of Yanartaş as a striking possible link to the old name and myth, rather than proof that every ancient author meant this exact hillside.