Çarpanak Island

The 15th century Armenian monastery of Ktuts in Çarpanak Island

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.

External links

• Ktuts' Anapat (pictures and information at Rensselaer Digital Collections)
• Armenian Monastery on Ktuts (Charpanak) Island, Lake Van
• Armenian Monastery on Ktuts (Charpanak) Island, Lake Van

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See also

• Lake Van
• Ktuts monastery
• Akdamar Island
• Kuş Island