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Çarpanak Island ( tr, Çarpanak Adası) or Ktuts or Ktouts ( hy, Կտուց կղզի ''Ktuts kghzi''), is a small island in
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
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Çarpanak Island ( tr, Çarpanak Adası) or Ktuts or Ktouts ( hy, Կտուց կղզի ''Ktuts kghzi''), is a small island in Lake Van
Lake Van ( tr, Van Gölü; hy, Վանա լիճ, translit=Vana lič̣; ku, Gola Wanê) is the largest lake in Turkey. It lies in the far east of Turkey, in the provinces of Van and Bitlis in the Armenian highlands. It is a saline soda lake ...
. 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 across the ...
monastery called Ktuts. The ruins of it can still be seen.
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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
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See also
*Lake Van
Lake Van ( tr, Van Gölü; hy, Վանա լիճ, translit=Vana lič̣; ku, Gola Wanê) is the largest lake in Turkey. It lies in the far east of Turkey, in the provinces of Van and Bitlis in the Armenian highlands. It is a saline soda lake ...
* Ktuts monastery
*Akdamar Island
Akdamar Island ( tr, Akdamar Adası, ku, Girava Axtamarê), also known as Aghtamar ( hy, Աղթամար, translit=Aġt’amar) or Akhtamar ( hy, Ախթամար, translit=Axt’amar), is the second largest of the four islands in Lake Van, in east ...
* Kuş Island
Islands of Lake Van
Islands of Van Province
Islands of Turkey
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