Lake Hazar
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| Lake Hazar | |
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 Mount Hazar Baba rises above Lake Hazar, Elazig, Turkey | |
  Lake Hazar | |
| Location | Taurus Mountains |
| Coordinates | 38°29′N 39°25′E / 38.483°N 39.417°E |
| Lake type | Rift Lake |
| Primary outflows | Tigris |
| Basin countries | Turkey |
| Max. length | 22 km (14 mi) |
| Max. width | 6 km (3.7 mi) |
Lake Hazar (Turkish: Hazar Gölü, Armenian: Ծովք լիճ, Covk‘ lič), is a rift lake in the Taurus Mountains, 22 km southeast of Elazig, notable as the source of the Tigris. It was formerly known as Lake Geoljuk.
Sunken city
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 to the UNESCO World Heritage list.[1]
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.[2][3] In 2019, amphora tombs were also found in the sunken city.[4]
References
- ^ "Ancient underwater city in Turkey sparks interest". Ancient underwater city in Turkey sparks interest (in Turkish). Retrieved 2018-08-23.
- ^ "Underwater ancient city in Turkey sparks interest". Retrieved 2018-08-23.
- ^ Şafak, Yeni. "Underwater ancient city in Turkey sparks interest". Yeni Şafak (in Turkish). Retrieved 2018-08-23.
- ^ Amphora tombs found in sunken city
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