Geography
The midpoint of the lake is at . It is situated almost on the borderline of Niğde Province and Mersin Province and is accessible from Darboğaz, a town in the Ulukışla district of Niğde Province. Its distance to the Turkish state highway D.750 is about .The lake
Its altitude is about . The surface area fluctuates, depending on winter snow fall, but is usually about . Due to high altitude, the area around the lake is devoid of trees, although the shore is covered with shrubs and wild flowers. The lake is home to ''Rana holtzi'', an endemic frog (Werner, 1898), which is popularly called the "Frog of Toros" ( tr, Toros kurbağası)Around Karagöl
''Meydan Yaylası'', a high plateau at the end point of the road from the highway, is about north of Karagöl. Mountaineers usually begin from Meydan Yaylası. Another interesting place is a smaller lake named ''Çiniligöl'' to the southwest of Karagöl and about higher and from Karagöl.References
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