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Van Mildert College : Lake - Durham University
Mildert is home to the "Jam By the Lake" Music festival in Summer. Our ducks are at the centre of college life - we have even built them their own "duck house". You know it's ...
Lake Van - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lake Van (Turkish: Van Gölü, Kurdish: Gola Wanê, Armenian: Վանա լիճ, Persian: Daryacheye Van ("Lake of Van")) is the largest lake in Turkey, located in the far east of ...
Lake Van Monster - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Lake Van Monster (Turkish: Van Gölü Canavarı) was not reported until 1995 in Lake Van, a large alkaline lake in Eastern Turkey. There are now more than 1,000 people claiming ...

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Lake Van, also Van Golü, salt-water lake, eastern Turkey, between the sources of the Euphrates and Tigris rivers, at an altitude of more than 1,720 m (5,643 ft). The lake is about 121 km (75 mi) long and between 16 and 80 km (10 and 50 mi) wide; it has an area of 3,763 sq km (1,453 sq mi). The shores of Lake Van are irregular, and the lake is surrounded by densely wooded mountains. Lake Van receives a few short streams, but it has no outlet. On the eastern shore is the town of Van.