Lake Sapanca
Lake Sapanca is a fresh water lake in Turkey, between the Gulf of İzmit and the Adapazarı Meadow and next to the village of Sapanca. The lake has a catchment area of 251 square kilometres, a surface area of 45 square kilometres, a length 16 kilometres east–west, a width of 5 kilometres north–south, and a maximum depth of 52 metres.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Lake
- Description: lake in Turkey
- Also known as: “Sapanca Golu” and “Sapanca Gölü”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sapanca railway station.
Sapanca railway station
Railway station
Photo: Kurmanbek, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sapanca station is a railway station along the Istanbul-Ankara railway in the town of Sapanca, Turkey. It is serviced by the Istanbul-Arifiye limited-stop regional train, the Ada Express. Sapanca railway station is situated 4 km southeast of Lake Sapanca.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sapanca and Balkaya.
Sapanca
Town
Photo: BERAT oyunda, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sapanca is a municipality and district of Sakarya Province, Turkey. Its area is 173 km2, and its population is 46,847. It lies on the south bank of Lake Sapanca. Sapanca is situated 3½ km southeast of Lake Sapanca.
Balkaya
Suburb
Balkaya is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of Sapanca, Sakarya Province, Turkey. Its population is 683. It is located about 70 mi southeast of Istanbul, and about 5 mi south of Lake Sapanca. Balkaya is situated 6 km south of Lake Sapanca.
Maşukiye
Village
Photo: Abdullah kıyga, CC BY 3.0.
Maşukiye is a village, which is situated 9 km west of Lake Sapanca.
Lake Sapanca
- Categories: protected area and body of water
- Location: Turkey, Middle East, Asia
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Satellite Map
Discover Lake Sapanca from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Lake Sapanca” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بحيرة سبانجا”
- Arabic: “بحيرة صبانجة”
- Arabic: “بحيرة صبنجة”
- Azerbaijani: “Sapanca gölü”
- Cebuano: “Sapanca Gölü”
- Chinese: “萨潘贾湖”
- Chinese: “薩潘賈湖”
- Chuvash: “Сапанджа”
- French: “lacus Boanensis”
- French: “Lacus Boanensis”
- Greek: “Βοάνη”
- Italian: “Lago di Sapanca”
- Italian: “Sapanca Gölü”
- Latin: “Lacus Boanensis”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sapancasjøen”
- Persian: “دریاچه ساپانجا”
- Russian: “Сапанджа”
- Spanish: “Sapanca Gölü”
- Turkish: “Sapanca Gölü”
- Ukrainian: “Сапанджа”
- Venetian: “lago de Sapanca”
- Welsh: “Llyn Sapanca”
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