Karagöl (Izmir)
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| Geographical location | İzmir Province , Turkey | |
| Location close to the shore | Izmir | |
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| Coordinates | 38 ° 33 '27 " N , 27 ° 13' 2" E | |
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The Karagöl ( "Black Lake") is a crater lake at the summit Yamanlar Dağı in the province of Izmir in Turkey .
The lake is identified with the ancient Saloë Lake in the Sipylos Mountains , into the depths of which the city of Sipylos and its predecessor Tantalis , the city of the mythical wicked Tantalus , are said to have disappeared. According to Pausanias , the city was not destroyed by a volcanic eruption , as would be expected with a crater lake, rather the mountain broke, water poured from the depths and devoured the city.
literature
- Eckart Olshausen : Sipylos. In: The New Pauly (DNP). Volume 11, Metzler, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-476-01481-9 , Sp. 591.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Pliny the Elder Naturalis historia 2.93; 5.31
- ↑ Pausanias 7:24, 13