Mount Matghavank (Medaveng)
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Matghavank' (Armenian: Մատղավանք լեռ, Turkish: Medaveng dagi) is a mountain at the northern shore of lake Van. Altitude: 1822 meters above sealevel. Name of Matghavank means "Junior monastery" in Armenian language (named after Armenian monastic complex destroyed by local Kurds after the Armenian genocide). Name of Medaveng is Turkish transcription of Matghavang. Since the 1920 in Turkish Republic all Armenian toponyms of East Anatolia inherited since pre-genocide period being turikfied according to state sponsored programm.
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Coordinates: 38°57'33"N 43°17'43"E
- Tzaxkants mountains 58 km
- Vaspurakan mountains 77 km
- Yeghbark Sarak mountains 91 km
- Sıra Dağ 95 km
- Hesaar Mountain 119 km
- Siyahgan Volcanic Field 130 km
- Ariya Volcanic Field 133 km
- Artagers Mountain Range 154 km
- Southern Aras Mountains (Karasu - Aras Dağları) 188 km
- Allahuekber mountains (Karmir Porak) 214 km
- Meteor crater 1 km
- Urartian harbor 2.4 km
- Adır (Lim) Island 11 km
- Surp Kevork Armenian Church & Lim Monastery 12 km
- Döşeme 15 km
- Erciş District 21 km
- Tuşba District 28 km
- Van Lake 44 km
- Van Province 52 km