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Çarpanak Island

Island in Lake Van, Turkey From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Çarpanak Island (Turkish: Çarpanak Adası) or Ktuts or Ktouts (Armenian: Կտուց կղզի Ktuts kghzi), is a small island in Lake Van. It is now uninhabited, but formerly contained an Armenian monastery called Ktuts. The ruins of it can still be seen.

The 15th century Armenian monastery of Ktuts in Çarpanak Island

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38.606553°N 43.085581°E / 38.606553; 43.085581

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