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Pictures of Lake Van, Turkey. Images of Van the biggest inland lake in Turkey. Photos of the saline lake and one of the world's largest endorheic lakes (having no outlet). Lake Van is 119 kilometres (74 mi) across at its widest point, averaging a depth of 171 metres (561 ft) with a maximum recorded depth of 451 metres (1,480 ft) It is surrounded by high volcanic mountains such as Mount Nemrut , 3,050 m (10,007 ft) high & Mount Süphan 4,058 m (13,314 ft) high. Our photos of Lake Van show pictures of the small Island of Akdama is the Armenian Cathedral church, known as the Cathedral Church of the Holy Cross (915-921), and was the seat of an Armenian Catholicos from 1116 to 1895. Also See images of The Fortress of Van, a massive stone fortification built by the ancient kingdom of Urartu during the 9th to 7th centuries BC, and is the largest example of its kind.
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