Lake Çıldır

Lake Çıldır, is a large freshwater lake in the provinces of and in northeastern . It is located close to the borders with Georgia and Armenia.
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  • Type: Lake
  • Description: lake
  • Also known as: “Chaldir-Gel”, “Cildir”, “Cildir Golu”, “Cildir gölü”, “Çildir See”, “Çıldır Lake”, “Çıldır See”, “Çıldır-See”, “Gola Zûrzunayê”, “Lake Cildir”, “Txaldir”, “Озеро Чылдыр”, “Ծովակ Հյուսիսո”, “Չըլդըր”, and “Չըլդր”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Akçakale and Güvenocak.

Village
Photo: Clemens Schmillen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a village in the Çıldır District, , Turkey. is situated 5 km northeast of Lake Çıldır.

Village
is a village in the Çıldır District, , Turkey. is situated 7 km northwest of Lake Çıldır.

Village
Photo: Clemens Schmillen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a village, which is situated 7 km east of Lake Çıldır.

Lake Çıldır

Latitude
41.05204° or 41° 3′ 7″ north
Longitude
43.24594° or 43° 14′ 45″ east
Elevation
1,961 metres (6,434 feet)
Open location code
8HH5362W+R9
Geo­Names ID
749108
Wiki­data ID
Q272986
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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”
  • Azerbaijani: “Çıldır gölü”
  • Catalan: “Çıldır Gölü”
  • Catalan: “Llac Çıldır”
  • Cebuano: “Chaldir-Gel Lake”
  • Chinese: “徹爾德爾湖”
  • Chuvash: “Чилдыр”
  • Czech: “Çıldır”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بحيره سيلدير”
  • Finnish: “Çıldır”
  • Finnish: “Çıldırjärvi”
  • French: “lac Çıldır”
  • French: “Lac Çıldır”
  • Georgian: “ჩილდირი”
  • German: “Çıldır Gölü”
  • Hungarian: “Bolond-tó”
  • Italian: “Lago di Çıldır”
  • Kurdish: “Gola Çildarê”
  • Lithuanian: “Čildyro ežeras”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Çıldırsjøen”
  • Panjabi: “ਚਿਲਦਿਰ ਝੀਲ”
  • Persian: “دریاچه چیلدیر”
  • Portuguese: “Lago Chelder”
  • Russian: “Чилдыр”
  • Russian: “Чылдыр”
  • Spanish: “Lago Childir”
  • Spanish: “Lago Çıldır”
  • Turkish: “Çıldır Gölü”
  • Venetian: “lago de Çıldır”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Gülyüzü and Çanaksu.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Rus Adası and Büyük Ada.

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