Lake Hazar (Turkish: Hazar Gölü, Armenian: Ծովք լիճ, Covk‘ lič) is a rift lake in the Taurus Mountains, 22 km southeast of Elazığ, notable as the source of the Tigris. It was formerly known as Lake Geoljuk.
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Location | Taurus Mountains |
Coordinates | 38°29′N 39°25′E |
Lake type | Rift Lake |
Primary outflows | Tigris |
Basin countries | Turkey |
Max. length | 22 km (14 mi) |
Max. width | 6 km (3.7 mi) |
During the Armenian genocide the lake was used as an execution site.[1][2]
Scientists found 4,000-year-old archaeological traces of a city below the lake. The city has been submerged in Lake Hazar, since 1830. Turkey wants to register its historic 'Sunken City' in eastern Anatolia as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.[3]
Ebubakar Irmak, Mayor of Sivrice, said he dove into the lake last year and saw the remains of churches, walls of a castle, pots, pottery and glazed plates of the citadel with traces of the Seljuk, Byzantine and Ottoman era.[4][5] In 2019, amphora tombs were also found in the sunken city.[6]
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