Ovan Lake
Ovan lake is a small alpine lake in the Alamut region of the Alborz mountain range, in Qazvin province in northwestern Iran. The centre point of the lake is approximately located at.Photo: meysam jani, CC BY 3.0.
- Type: Lake
- Description: lake in Qazvin County, Iranian national natural heritage site
- Also known as: “Avan Lake”, “Daryacheh-ye Avan”, “Daryācheh-ye Avān”, and “Evan Lake”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Moallem Kalayeh and Baghdasht.
Moallem Kalayeh
Town
Moallem Kalayeh is a city in, and the capital of, Rudbar-e Alamut-e Sharqi District of Qazvin County, Qazvin province, Iran. It also serves as the administrative center for Moallem Kalayeh Rural District.
Baghdasht
Village
Baghdasht is a village in Alamut-e Bala Rural District of Rudbar-e Alamut-e Sharqi District in Qazvin County, Qazvin province, Iran. Baghdasht is situated 9 km south of Ovan Lake.
Ovan Lake
- Categories: landslide-dammed lake, natural monument, body of water, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Qazvin Province, Iran, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
36.48313° or 36° 28′ 59″ northLongitude
50.44379° or 50° 26′ 38″ eastElevation
1,793 metres (5,883 feet)Open location code
8H8GFCMV+7GOpenStreetMap ID
way 165681539OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionOpenStreetMap feature
water=lake
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Persian—“Ovan Lake” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بحيرة أوان”
- Armenian: “Օվան լիճ”
- Azerbaijani: “Ovan gölü”
- Cebuano: “Daryācheh-ye Avān”
- Chinese: “歐文湖”
- Finnish: “Ovan”
- Hungarian: “Evan-tó”
- Hungarian: “Ován-tó”
- Indonesian: “Danau Ovan”
- Italian: “Lago di Avan”
- Italian: “lago evan”
- Malayalam: “ഓവാൻ തടാകം”
- Mazanderani: “اوان”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ovansjøen”
- Persian: “اوان (قزوین)”
- Persian: “دریاچه اوان”
- Persian: “دریاچهٔ اوان”
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