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Vanush

Coordinates: 36°33′34″N 51°51′41″E / 36.55944°N 51.86139°E / 36.55944; 51.86139
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Vanush
ونوش
village
Vanush is located in Iran
Vanush
Vanush
Coordinates: 36°33′34″N 51°51′41″E / 36.55944°N 51.86139°E / 36.55944; 51.86139
Country Iran
ProvinceMazandaran
CountyNowshahr
BakhshCentral
Rural DistrictKalej
Population
 (2006)
 • Total
2,483
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+4:30 (IRDT)

Vanush (Template:Lang-fa, also Romanized as Vanūsh, Venoosh, and Venūsh)[1] is a village in Kalej Rural District, in the Central District of Nowshahr County, Mazandaran Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 2,483, in 679 families.[2]

Mamraz Lake, the "Lake of Ghosts"

Vanush has the distinction of being the settlement closest to the Lake of Ghosts, a site of natural beauty featuring an eerie, drowned landscape of half-submerged hornbeam trees resembling phantoms in the mist.[3]

References

  1. ^ Vanush can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3088320" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
  2. ^ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)" (Excel). Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original on 2011-09-20.
  3. ^ Digest, Persia (2017-08-24). https://persiadigest.com/en/news/146/the-ghost-lake-in-northern-iran "The ghost lake in northern Iran". en. Retrieved 2020-02-14.