Karatepe-Aslantaş National Park
Karatepe-Aslantaş National Park, established in 1958, is a national park in southern Turkey. Situated on the banks of a dam reservoir, it contains an archaeological open-air museum.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Nature reserve
- Description: national park and and wildlife refuge in Turkey
- Also known as: “Karatepe Aslantasi Milli Parki”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Karatepe and Aslantaş Dam.
Karatepe
Archaeological site
Photo: Elelicht, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Karatepe is a Neo-Hittite fortress and open-air museum in Osmaniye Province in southern Turkey lying at a distance of about 23 km from the district center of Kadirli.
Aslantaş Dam
Dam
Photo: Dosseman, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Aslantaş Dam is an embankment dam on the Ceyhan River in Osmaniye Province, southern Turkey, built between 1975 and 1984. Aslantaş Dam is situated 80 km northeast of Adana.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Atalan.
Atalan
Village
Atalan is a town in the Düziçi District, Osmaniye Province, Turkey. Its population is 1,593. It is situated at the easternmost part of Çukurova plains, 10 kilometres west of Düziçi. Atalan is situated 9 km east of Karatepe-Aslantaş National Park.
Karatepe-Aslantaş National Park
- Categories: national park and recreation area
- Location: Kadirli İlçesi, Osmaniye Province, Turkey, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
37.2726° or 37° 16′ 21″ northLongitude
36.23631° or 36° 14′ 11″ eastElevation
210 metres (689 feet)Open location code
8G9R76FP+2GOpenStreetMap ID
way 126603893OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=nature_reserve
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In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Turkish—“Karatepe-Aslantaş National Park” goes by many names.
- Azerbaijani: “Qaratəpə-Aslandaş Milli Parkı”
- Catalan: “Parc Nacional de Karatepe-Arslantaş”
- Cebuano: “Karatepe Aslantaşı Milli Parkı”
- Chinese: “卡拉特佩-阿斯朗塔敘國家公園”
- French: “parc national de Karatepe-Aslantaş”
- French: “Parc national de Karatepe-Aslantaş”
- Hebrew: “הפארק הלאומי קאראטפה-אסלאנטאש”
- Italian: “parco nazionale di Karatepe-Aslantaş”
- Persian: “پارک ملی کاراتیپی اسلانتاز”
- Polish: “Park Narodowy Karatepe-Aslantaş”
- Russian: “Каратепе-Арсланташ”
- Turkish: “Karatepe-Aslantaş Millî Parkı”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Karatepe-Aslantaş National Park”. Photo: Elelicht, CC BY-SA 3.0.