- Lake Eğirdir
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lake_name = Lake Eğirdir
image_lake = LakeEgirdir.jpg
caption_lake = The lake with the town (on the left) and the two islands with the causeway
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area = 482 km²
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elevation = 917 m
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cities =Eğirdir ( _tr. Eğirdir Gölü, formerly "Eğridir") is the name of a
lake and of the town situated on the shore of that lake (Eğirdir ) inTurkey . The lake lies in theTurkish Lakes Region and is 186 kilometers (116 miles) north ofAntalya . With an area of 482 km2 it is the fourth largest (second largest freshwater) lake in Turkey.Name
The town and the lake were formerly called "Eğridir", a Turkish pronunciation of the town's old Greek name "Akrotiri". Unfortunately, "Eğridir" means "it is crooked" in Turkish. Therefore, to remove the negative connotations of the name, in the 1980s the “i” and the “r” were transposed in a new official name, thus creating "Eğirdir", a name that evokes spinning and flowers, although many people in Turkey still call both the town and the lake by its former name.
Islands
Lake Eğirdir has two islands, connected to the mainland by a long causeway into the town of
Eğirdir :
*Can Ada (meaning "Life Island") the smallest of the two islands.
*Yeşil Ada ("Green Island", formerly known as Nis) - until 1923, was home to a Greek community living in stone and timber houses.ee also
*List of lakes in Turkey
External links
* [http://www.anatolia.luwo.be/Egirdir.htm Eğirdir Guide and Photo Album]
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