Lim Island

Adır Island or Lim Island, is the largest island in , located in the northeastern side of the lake. During the Armenian genocide upwards of 12,000 Armenian women and children, crossed to the isle over a period of three days while a few dozen men covered their retreat from Hamidiye regiments.
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Photo: Armenak Margarian, CC BY-SA 4.0.
  • Type: Island
  • Description: island in Turkey
  • Also known as: “Adir Adası”, “Adır Island”, “Girava Lîmê”, “Lim Adası”, “Yaka Adasi”, “Лим”, “آدر آطه”, and “جزيرة أدير”

Lim Island

Latitude
38.86738° or 38° 52′ 3″ north
Longitude
43.3519° or 43° 21′ 7″ east
Elevation
1,673 metres (5,489 feet)
Open location code
8HC5V982+XQ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 134585467
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
297905
Wiki­data ID
Q2825493
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Turkish—“Lim Island” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جزيرة آدر”
  • Armenian: “Լիմ կղզի”
  • Belarusian: “Адыр”
  • Cebuano: “Yaka Adası”
  • Croatian: “Adır”
  • French: “Adır”
  • German: “Adır Adası”
  • Kurdish: “Lîm”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Adırøya”
  • Persian: “جزیره آدیر”
  • Portuguese: “Ilha de Ader”
  • Russian: “Адир”
  • Turkish: “Adır Adası”

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