Akdamar Island

a Pleiades place resource

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The second largest of the four islands in Lake Van, in eastern Turkey.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/359852689

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
38.3414418865, 43.0359879586

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Akdamar Island (modern)

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Akdamar Adası (Akdamar Adasi: Turkish, modern)

Akdamar Island makes connections with:

Akdamar Island part of (physical/topographic) Thospitis Limne (unspecified date range)

Akdamar Island receives connections from:

Cathedral of the Holy Cross at Aghtamar located on Akdamar Island (unspecified date range)
Aghtamar located on Akdamar Island (unspecified date range)

Place type:
island

References:

See Further:

Wikipedia (English) Akdamar Island

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

Details:

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Suggested citation:
Jeffrey Becker, 'Akdamar Island: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2020 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/359852689> [accessed: 01 October 2022]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/359852689 |title=Places: 359852689 (Akdamar Island) |author=Becker, J. |accessdate=October 1, 2022 12:00 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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