Adır Island
Adır Island or Lim Island, is the largest island in Lake Van, 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.Photo: Armenak Margarian, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Island
- Description: island in Turkey
- Also known as: “Adir Adası”, “Lim Island”, and “Yaka Adasi”
Adır Island
- Categories: lake island, uninhabited island, locality, and landform
- Location: Van Province, Turkey, Eastern Mediterranean Europe, Europe
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Latitude
38.86738° or 38° 52′ 3″ northLongitude
43.3519° or 43° 21′ 7″ eastElevation
1,673 metres (5,489 feet)Open location code
8HC5V982+XQOpenStreetMap ID
way 134585467OpenStreetMap feature
place=island
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Turkish—“Adır Island” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “آدر آطه”
- Arabic: “جزيرة آدر”
- Arabic: “جزيرة أدير”
- Armenian: “Լիմ կղզի”
- Belarusian: “Адыр”
- Cebuano: “Yaka Adası”
- Croatian: “Adır”
- French: “Adır”
- German: “Adır Adası”
- Kurdish: “Girava Lîmê”
- Kurdish: “Lîm”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Adırøya”
- Persian: “جزیره آدیر”
- Portuguese: “Ilha de Ader”
- Russian: “Адир”
- Russian: “Лим”
- Turkish: “Adır Adası”
- Turkish: “Lim Adası”
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