Çıldır Gölü
| Çıldır Gölü | ||
|---|---|---|
|
||
| Geographical location | Ardahan , Kars ( Turkey ) | |
| Drain | Arak Su → Kars Çayı → Achurjan → Aras | |
| Places on the shore | Akçakale , Gülyüzü | |
| Location close to the shore | Çıldır | |
| Data | ||
| Coordinates | 41 ° 3 ′ N , 43 ° 15 ′ E | |
|
||
| Altitude above sea level | 1959 m | |
| surface | 120 km² | |
| length | 18 km | |
| width | 15 km | |
| Maximum depth | 42 m | |
|
||
| Satellite image | ||
The Çıldır Gölü ("Çıldır Lake"; Armenian Ծովակ լիճ Zowak Lych , Georgian ჩრდილი Tschrdili , Russian Чилдыр Tschildyr ) is a lake in northeastern Turkey in the provinces of Ardahan and Kars .
It is the largest freshwater lake and the second largest lake in Eastern Anatolia and is located near the border with Georgia and Armenia . It is 1959 m high and is surrounded by the mountains Kısır Dağı and Akbaba Dağı . The Çıldır Lake has an area of 120 km² and a maximum depth of 42 m. Its outflow is the Arak Su brook .
The lake water is used for irrigation . He freezes over in winter. There is a ferry between Akçakale and Gülyüzü .
history
In the late Iron Age , Lake Çıldır was believed to be on the territory of the Iga Kingdom , which is believed to be on its southwestern shore.
In the Battle of Shirimni in 1021, the Byzantines defeated the Georgian army on the lake shore near today's Çıldır .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e Article Çıldır Gölü in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (BSE) , 3rd edition 1969–1978 (Russian)
- ↑ Map Media Basın Yayın: Köy Köy Türkiye Yol Atlası. Istanbul 2006, p. 40 (road atlas based on maps of the Turkish armed forces)
- ^ IM Diakonoff , SM Kashkai, Répertoire Géographique des textes cuneiformes. 9. Geographical names according to Urartian texts (Wiesbaden 1981), 26