Lake Hazar
Elazığ is a city in the mountains of Eastern Anatolia, at an altitude of 1067 m and with a population of 387,072 in 2022. Although the railway and main eastern highway pass through, it's almost an island, as huge modern reservoir lakes surround it.Photo: Gakgos, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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- Type: Lake
- Description: rift lake in the Taurus Mountains, Turkey
- Also known as: “Golcuk Lake”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Yoncapınar and Sürek.
Yoncapınar
Village
Yoncapınar is a village in the Maden District of Elazığ Province in Turkey. Its population is 29. Yoncapınar is situated 3½ km southeast of Lake Hazar.
Sürek
Village
Sürek is a village in the Sivrice District of Elazığ Province in Turkey. Its population is 142. The village is populated by Kurds. Sürek is situated 4 km south of Lake Hazar.
Cevizdere
Village
Cevizdere is a village of Elazığ District in Elazığ Province in eastern Turkey. Its population is 117. The village is populated by Kurds and is the village where Dursun Karataş came from. It is on Lake Hazar. Cevizdere is situated 6 km northwest of Lake Hazar.
Lake Hazar
- Categories: rift lake and body of water
- Location: Elazığ Province, Turkey, Middle East, Asia
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Lake Hazar” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بحيرة هزار”
- Armenian: “Ծովք”
- Azerbaijani: “Xəzər gölü”
- Bulgarian: “Хазар”
- Catalan: “Hazar Gölü”
- Cebuano: “Hazar Gölü”
- Chinese: “哈扎尔湖”
- Chinese: “哈扎爾湖”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بحيره هزار”
- French: “lac Hazar”
- French: “Lac Hazar”
- Indonesian: “Danau Hazar”
- Italian: “Hazar Gölü”
- Italian: “Lago di Hazar”
- Japanese: “ハザル湖”
- Kurdish: “Gola Hezar”
- Kurdish: “Gola Hezarê”
- Kurdish: “Golcik”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Hazarsjøen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Hazar Gölü”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Hazarsjøen”
- Norwegian: “Hazarsjøen”
- Persian: “دریاچه هازار”
- Polish: “Hazar”
- Russian: “Хазар (озеро)”
- Russian: “Хазар”
- Spanish: “Hazar Golu”
- Spanish: “Hazar Golü”
- Spanish: “Hazar Gölu”
- Spanish: “Hazar Gölü”
- Spanish: “Lago Hazar”
- Turkish: “Hazar Gölü”
- Welsh: “Llyn Hazar”
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