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Inkoy Destination Guide

Explore Inkoy in Turkey

Inkoy in the region of Van is a town in Turkey - some 545 mi or ( 877 km ) East of Ankara , the country's capital city .

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Current time in Inkoy is now 06:56 PM (Saturday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Istanbul " with a UTC offset of 2 hours. Depending on the availability of means of transportation, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Mosul, Tabriz, Yemislik, Van, and Tatvan. Since you are here already, make sure to check out Mosul . Where to go and what to see in Inkoy ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Interesting facts about this location

Kuş Island

Kuş Island (Turkish: Kuş Adası, literally "Bird Island") or Arter Island, is a small island in Lake Van, Turkey. It is now uninhabited but formerly contained a small Armenian monastery, the ruins of which can still be seen.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 38.36 42.99 (Lat./Long.); Less than 16 km away
Tags: Islands of Lake Van, Uninhabited islands of Turkey

Akdamar Island

Akdamar Island, also known as Aghtamar or Akhtamar, is the second by size of four islands in Lake Van in the south of Eastern Anatolia Region, Turkey, about 0.7 km in size, situated about 3 km from the shoreline. At the western end of the island a hard, grey, limestone cliff rises 80 m above the lake's level (1,912 m above sea level). The island declines to the east to a level site where a spring provides ample water.

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Located at 38.34 43.04 (Lat./Long.); Less than 20 km away
Tags: History of Armenia, Islands of Lake Van, Oriental Orthodox congregations established in the 10th century, Van, Turkey

Sevan Island

Sevan Island (Armenian: Սևանի կղզի Sevani kğzi), now Sevan Peninsula (Armenian: Սևանի թերակղզի Sevani t'erakğzi) was an island in the northwestern part of Lake Sevan in Armenia. After the artificial draining of Lake Sevan, which started in the Joseph Stalin era, the water level fell about 20 metres, and the island transformed into a peninsula. At the southern shore of this newly created peninsula, a guesthouse of the Armenian Writers' Union was built.

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Located at 38.34 43.04 (Lat./Long.); Less than 20 km away
Tags: Landforms of Armenia

Lake Van

Lake Van (Turkish: Van Gölü, Armenian: Վանա լիճ Vana lich or Vana Lij, Kurdish: Gola Wanê) is the largest lake in Turkey, located in the far east of the country in Van district. It is a saline soda lake, receiving water from numerous small streams that descend from the surrounding mountains. Lake Van is one of the world's largest endorheic lakes (having no outlet). The original outlet from the basin was blocked by an ancient volcanic eruption.

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Located at 38.63 42.82 (Lat./Long.); Less than 20 km away
Tags: Archaeological sites in Turkey, Eastern Anatolia Region, Endorheic lakes of Asia, Geography of Van Province, History of Armenia, Lake Van, Saline lakes

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