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Çarpanak Island () or Ktuts or Ktouts ( ''Ktuts kghzi''), is a small island in
Lake Van Lake Van (; ; ) is the largest lake in Turkey. It lies in the Eastern Anatolia Region of Turkey in the provinces of Van Province, Van and Bitlis Province, Bitlis, in the Armenian highlands. It is a Salt lake, saline Soda lake, soda lake, receiv ...
. It is now uninhabited, but formerly contained an
Armenian Armenian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Armenia, a country in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia * Armenians, the national people of Armenia, or people of Armenian descent ** Armenian diaspora, Armenian communities around the ...
monastery called Ktuts. The ruins of it can still be seen.


External links


Ktuts' Anapat
(pictures and information at Rensselaer Digital Collections)
Armenian Monastery
on Ktuts (Charpanak) Island, Lake Van
Armenian Monastery
on Ktuts (Charpanak) Island, Lake Van


Gallery

File:Ktutz 2.jpg, File:Ktutz 3.jpg, File:Ktutz 6.jpg, File:Ktuz 7.jpg, File:Ktuz monastery 1.jpg, File:Ktuz monastery 2.jpg,


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Lake Van Lake Van (; ; ) is the largest lake in Turkey. It lies in the Eastern Anatolia Region of Turkey in the provinces of Van Province, Van and Bitlis Province, Bitlis, in the Armenian highlands. It is a Salt lake, saline Soda lake, soda lake, receiv ...
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Ktuts monastery Ktuts monastery (, meaning ''beak'' in Armenian) is an abandoned 15th century Armenian monastery on the small island of Ktuts (Çarpanak) in Lake Van, Vaspurakan (present-day Turkey). According to tradition, the monastery was founded in the 4 ...
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Akdamar Island Akdamar Island (), also known as Aghtamar () or Akhtamar (; ), is the second largest of the four main islands in Lake Van, in eastern Turkey. About 0.7 km2 in size, it is situated approximately 3 km from the shoreline. At the western end of the i ...
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KuÅŸ Island KuÅŸ Island (, literally "Bird Island"), also called Arter Island (), is a small island in Lake Van, Turkey. It is now uninhabited but formerly contained a small monastery, the ruins of which can still be seen. See also * List of islands of Tur ...
Islands of Lake Van Islands of Van Province Islands of Turkey {{Turkey-geo-stub