Lake Çıldır
Lake Çıldır, is a large freshwater lake in the provinces of Ardahan and Kars in northeastern Turkey. It is located close to the borders with Georgia and Armenia.Photo: NASA, Public domain.
- Type: Lake
- Description: lake
- Also known as: “Cildir Golu”, “Çildir See”, “Çıldır Gölü”, “Çıldır Lake”, “Çıldır See”, and “Lake Cildir”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Akçakale and Güvenocak.
Akçakale
Village
Photo: Clemens Schmillen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Akçakale is a village in the Çıldır District, Ardahan Province, Turkey. Its population is 205, and is populated by Karapapakhs. The village is located on the north-eastern shore of Lake Çıldır. Akçakale is situated 5 km northeast of Lake Çıldır.
Güvenocak
Village
Güvenocak is a village in the Çıldır District, Ardahan Province, Turkey. Its population is 268. The village is populated by Karapapakhs. Güvenocak is situated 7 km northwest of Lake Çıldır.
Doğruyol
Village
Photo: Clemens Schmillen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Doğruyol is a village, which is situated 7 km east of Lake Çıldır.
Lake Çıldır
- Category: body of water
- Location: Ardahan Province, Turkey, Eastern Mediterranean Europe, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Venetian—“Lake Çıldır” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بحيرة تشيلدير”
- Arabic: “بحيرة جلدر”
- Armenian: “Ծովակ լիճ”
- Armenian: “Ծովակ Հյուսիսո”
- Armenian: “Չըլդըր”
- Armenian: “Չըլդր”
- Azerbaijani: “Çıldır gölü”
- Catalan: “Chaldir-Gel”
- Catalan: “Çıldır Gölü”
- Catalan: “Llac Çıldır”
- Catalan: “Txaldir”
- Cebuano: “Chaldir-Gel Lake”
- Chinese: “徹爾德爾湖”
- Chuvash: “Чилдыр”
- Czech: “Cildir”
- Czech: “Çıldır”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بحيره سيلدير”
- Finnish: “Çıldır Gölü”
- Finnish: “Çıldır”
- Finnish: “Çıldırjärvi”
- French: “lac Çıldır”
- French: “Lac Çıldır”
- Georgian: “ჩილდირი”
- German: “Cildir gölü”
- German: “Çıldır Gölü”
- German: “Çıldır-See”
- Hungarian: “Bolond-tó”
- Hungarian: “Çıldır Gölü”
- Italian: “Çıldır Gölü”
- Italian: “Lago di Çıldır”
- Kurdish: “Gola Çildarê”
- Kurdish: “Gola Zûrzunayê”
- Lithuanian: “Čildyro ežeras”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Çıldırsjøen”
- Panjabi: “ਚਿਲਦਿਰ ਝੀਲ”
- Persian: “دریاچه چیلدیر”
- Portuguese: “Lago Chelder”
- Russian: “Озеро Чылдыр”
- Russian: “Чилдыр”
- Russian: “Чылдыр”
- Spanish: “Çıldır Gölü”
- Spanish: “Lago Childir”
- Spanish: “Lago Çıldır”
- Turkish: “Çıldır Gölü”
- Venetian: “lago de Çıldır”
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