Akdamar Island
Burial place
island in Lake Van, Turkey
Location: 38.3417, 43.0356 · Pleiades 359852689
Who is recorded here
- John V the Historian burial · AD 925
- Theodore I Rechtouni burial · AD 941
- Theodore I Rechtouni death · AD 941
In art
About the place
Akdamar Island, also known as Aghtamar or Akhtamar, is the second largest of the four main islands in Lake Van, in eastern Turkey. About 0.7 km2 in size, it is situated approximately 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.
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