Amik Valley
The Amik Valley is a plain in Hatay Province, southern Turkey. It is close to the city of Antakya. Along with Dabiq in northwestern Syria, it is believed to be one of two possible sites of the battle of Armageddon according to Islamic eschatology.Photo: Radyokid, Public domain.
- Type: Plain
- Description: Turkish valley of archaeological interest
- Also known as: “Amik Ovasi”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Hatay Airport.
Hatay Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Kulburator, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hatay Airport is an international airport in Hatay Province, Turkey, serving the cities of Antakya and Iskenderun. Built in what used to be the center of the now drained Lake Amik, it was inaugurated in December 2007. Hatay Airport is situated 3½ km northwest of Amik Valley.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lake Amik and Aktaş.
Lake Amik
Locality
Lake Amik or the Lake of Antioch was a large freshwater lake in the basin of the Orontes River in Hatay Province, Turkey. It was located north-east of the ancient city of Antioch. The lake was drained between the 1940s–1970s. Lake Amik is situated 3 km northwest of Amik Valley.
Aktaş
Village
Aktaş is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of Kumlu, Hatay Province, Turkey. Its population is 1,452. The village is at the west of Kumlu. Aktaş is situated 3 km northeast of Amik Valley.
Amik Valley
- Categories: tell, archaeological site, plain, valley, and landform
- Location: Hatay, Mediterranean Turkey, Turkey, Eastern Mediterranean Europe, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Urdu—“Amik Valley” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Lugina Amik”
- Arabic: “سهل العمق”
- Armenian: “Ամըգ”
- Armenian: “Ամըկ”
- Armenian: “Ամիկի դաշտ”
- Catalan: “Amaq”
- Catalan: “Amik”
- Catalan: “Amouq”
- Catalan: “Amuk”
- Catalan: “Amuq”
- Cebuano: “Amik Ovası”
- Chinese: “阿米克谷”
- Dutch: “Amik Valley”
- Finnish: “Amuq”
- Finnish: “Amuqin kulttuuri”
- Finnish: “Amuqin laakso”
- German: “Amuq-Ebene”
- German: “Amuq”
- Hebrew: “עמק אמוק”
- Italian: “Amuq”
- Japanese: “アアマーク谷”
- Japanese: “アミク谷”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Amuq”
- Norwegian: “Amuq”
- Persian: “دره اعماق”
- Russian: “Амук”
- Spanish: “Amuq”
- Thai: “หุบเขาอามิก”
- Turkish: “Amik ovası”
- Turkish: “Amik Ovası”
- Ukrainian: “Амук”
- Urdu: “وادی اعماق”
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