Akdamar Island
Akdamar Island, also known as Aghtamar or Akhtamar, is the second largest of the four main islands in Lake Van, in eastern Turkey. About 0.7 km2 in size, it is situated approximately 3 km from the shoreline.
- Type: Islet
- Description: island in Lake Van, Turkey
- Also known as: “Aght’amar”, “Aght”amar”, “Ahdamar Adası”, “Ahtamaro sala”, “Akdamar Adasi”, “Akdamar adası”, “Akdamarøya”, “Akhtamar”, “Aktamar”, “Aktamar Adası”, “Axtamara”, “Агдамар”, “آختامار”, “آقطمار آطه”, “آکدامار”, “اختامار”, “اکدامار”, “جزيرة أكدامار”, “جزیرهٔ آختامار”, “جزیره اختامار”, “جزیرهٔ اختامار”, “کلیسای آک دامار”, and “阿克達瑪島”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Cathedral of the Holy Cross.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gevaş.
Gevaş
Town
Akdamar Island
- Categories: lake island, uninhabited island, locality, and landform
- Location: Van Province, Turkey, Eastern Mediterranean Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.34163° or 38° 20′ 30″ north
Longitude
43.03578° or 43° 2′ 9″ east
Elevation
1,677 metres (5,502 feet)
Open location code
8HC582RP+M8
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=islet
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Armenian—“Akdamar Island” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جزيرة آق طمار”
- Armenian: “Աղթամար կղզի”
- Armenian: “Աղթամար”
- Armenian: “Այիդուս”
- Azerbaijani: “Ağdamar adası”
- Catalan: “Akdamar Adası”
- Cebuano: “Akdamar Adası”
- Central Kurdish: “دوورگەی ئاختامار”
- Chinese: “阿克塔瑪島”
- Croatian: “Akdamar”
- Danish: “Achtamar”
- Dimli (individual language): “Adey Axtamari”
- Dimli (individual language): “Girawa Axtamarî”
- Dutch: “Akdamar”
- Esperanto: “Aĥtamar”
- French: “Aghtamar”
- French: “Akdamar”
- French: “Île d’Akdamar”
- Georgian: “აღთამარი”
- German: “Akdamar”
- Greek: “Ακνταμάρ”
- Hebrew: “כס האם הקדושה אצ’מיאדזין”
- Hungarian: “Akdamar sziget”
- Ido: “Insulo Akdamar”
- Japanese: “アクダマル島”
- Kirghiz: “Ахтамар”
- Kurdish: “Axtamar”
- Lithuanian: “Akdamaro sala”
- Macedonian: “Акдамар (остров)”
- Macedonian: “Акдамар”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Akdamar”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Akdamar”
- Norwegian: “Akdamar”
- Persian: “جزیره آختامار”
- Polish: “Ahtamar”
- Portuguese: “Ilha de Altamar”
- Romanian: “Insula Akdamar”
- Russian: “Ахтамар”
- Serbian: “Острво Акдамар”
- Spanish: “Isla Akdamar”
- Swedish: “Akdamar”
- Turkish: “Akdamar Adası”
- Ukrainian: “Ахтамар”
- Uzbek: “Axtamar”
- Western Armenian: “Ախթամար”
- Western Armenian: “Աղթամար կղզի”
- Western Armenian: “Աղթամար”
- “Akdamar Adası”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Dokuzağaç and Dereağzı.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Mescid and Seyir Terası.
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