Lake Arin
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.- Type: Lake
- Description: lake dried by the Turkish state in the 20th century, in Hatay
- Also known as: “Anuk Lake” and “Lake Amik”
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Aktaş and Serinyol.
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 5 km east of Lake Arin.
Serinyol
Suburb
Serinyol is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of Antakya, Hatay Province, Turkey. Its population is 15,804. Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town. Serinyol is situated 6 km west of Lake Arin.
Lake Arin
- Category: body of water
- Location: Hatay, Mediterranean Turkey, Turkey, Eastern Mediterranean Europe, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Lake Arin” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بحيرة العمق”
- Bulgarian: “Антиохия”
- Dutch: “Lake Amik”
- Esperanto: “Lago Amik”
- Esperanto: “Lago Antioĥio”
- French: “lac Amik”
- French: “Lac Amik”
- German: “Amik-See”
- Hebrew: “אגם אנטיוכיה”
- Hebrew: “ימת אמיק”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Amiksjøen”
- Panjabi: “ਅਮਿਕ ਝੀਲ”
- Romanian: “Lacul Amik”
- Russian: “Амик (озеро, Турция)”
- Russian: “Амик”
- Turkish: “Amik Gölü”
- Welsh: “Llyn Amik”
- “Amik Gölü”
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