Akdamar Island and Van Lake from Akdamar Cliff (East Turkey)
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Dorcadion Team
N 38° 20.521 E 043° 02.133
38S E 328322 N 4245590
The small limestone cliff of Akdamar island offers a really beautiful vista over the island, lake Van and also surrounding Saribulag Mountains (Saribulag Daglari) with 3570 m high Cadirdagi peak in the front...
Waymark Code: WMC6AR
Location: Türkiye
Date Posted: 07/31/2011
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The small limestone cliff of Akdamar island offers a really beautiful vista over the island, lake Van and also surrounding Saribulag Mountains (Saribulag Daglari) with 3570 m high Cadirdagi peak in the front...

Small Akdamar Island (Akdamar Adasi), located close to the southern shoreline of the Van lake in Eastern Turkey, is popular touristic destination thanks to the beautiful medieval Armenian church and also thanks to pictoresque surroundings. The stunning Cathedral Church of the Holy Cross (Akdamar Kilesi), which is located in the middle of the island, is one of the most precious examples of early medieval Armenian sacral architecture preserved in Anatolia.

Type of overlook: Walk by

Picnic tables: no

Benches: no

Water/restrooms: no

Overlook designation: not designated

Elevation: 5,577.00

View:
Eastern part of the Akdamar island with the Cathedral Church of the Holy Cross, Van lake and also mountains surroundig southern Van shoreline.
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