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Akdamar Island Church
A 10th-century Armenian church with carved biblical reliefs on an island in Lake Van, reached by ferry from Gevaş.
35 km · about 40 min drive
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Van, Turkey · Asia
About Van
Van sits on the route: 25 minutes from Edremit, 35km from Akdamar Island Church.
Van is in Turkey, with about 530,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Edremit, about 14 km away.
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Within an hour or so of Van: Akdamar Island Church (35 km).
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Van is in Van, Turkey, about 14 km from Edremit.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 525,016
- Continent
- Asia
- Country
- Turkey
- Region
- Van
- Timezone
- Europe/Istanbul
- Coordinates
- 38.4946, 43.3832
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