Bakur Lake

Gola Wanê

گۆلی وان

Lake Van · The great soda lake of Bakur, lying at 1,640 m — one of the largest endorheic soda lakes on Earth, around 3,755 km². Its alkaline water holds the endemic pearl mullet, and on the island of Axtamar stands the 10th-century Armenian Cathedral of the Holy Cross.

Lake Van
Bjørn Christian Tørrissen · CC BY-SA 3.0
Region
Bakur
Kind
Lake
English name
Lake Van
Kurdish name
Gola Wanê