Kuş Island

Kuş Island, also called Arter Island, is a small island in , . It is now uninhabited but formerly contained a small monastery, the ruins of which can still be seen.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Islet
  • Description: island in Lake Van, Turkey
  • Also known as: “Kuşadası” and “Kuzu Adasi”

Kuş Island

Latitude
38.36254° or 38° 21′ 45″ north
Longitude
42.99348° or 42° 59′ 37″ east
Elevation
1,671 metres (5,482 feet)
Open location code
8HC49X7V+29
Open­Street­Map ID
way 22761547
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­bare_rock
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­islet
Geo­Names ID
6968137
Wiki­data ID
Q706943
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Armenian—“Kuş Island” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جزيرة كوش”
  • Armenian: “Առտեր կղզի”
  • Cebuano: “Kuzu Adası”
  • Croatian: “Kuş (otok)”
  • Croatian: “Kuş”
  • Dutch: “Kuş Island”
  • French: “Kuş”
  • German: “Arter”
  • German: “Kus Adasi”
  • German: “Kuş Adası”
  • Kurdish: “Artî”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Arterøya”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kuşøya”
  • Persian: “جزیره قوش”
  • Persian: “جزیرهٔ قوش”
  • Persian: “جزیره کوش”
  • Persian: “جزیرهٔ کوش”
  • Persian: “کوش آداسی”
  • Portuguese: “Ilha de Cuxe”
  • Romanian: “Arter”
  • Russian: “Артер”
  • Spanish: “Isla Kuş”
  • Turkish: “Arter Adası”
  • Turkish: “Kuş Adası, Van”
  • Turkish: “Kuş Adası”
  • Turkish: “Kuzu Adası”
  • Western Armenian: “Առտէր կղզի”
  • Western Armenian: “Արտեր կղզի”

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