Lake · Van Province

Lake Van

1,648 m5,407 ft

Area: 3,556 km²
Max depth: 171 m
Tonight: 11°CClear · Wind 11 km/h SW

Lake Van is a lake at 1,648 m above sea level in Van Province, Turkey, 3,556 km² in area and 128.4 km long.

All facts

Surface elevation: 1,648 m
Length: 128.4 km
Shoreline: 626.3 km

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3D map

Lake Van 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Lake Van topographic map

50 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 250 mShowing west → east through the centre

Lake Van elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Downloads

Lake Van downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGLake Van satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-09-15.

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GIS & GPS

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Lake

Lake Van in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

Shoreline: 626.3 km

Weather

Lake Van weather

Tonight · Clear · 11°C (52°F) · Wind 11 km/h SW

Lake Van forecast for about 1,648 m.

Tonight11°–11 km/h SW
Today11°15°–17 km/h SW
Sun10°15°0.7 mm14 km/h SW
Mon10°16°–14 km/h NE
Tue13°15°1.1 mm5 km/h NE
Wed13°15°7.5 mm9 km/h NE
Thu10°13°11.6 mm9 km/h NE
Fri10°14°2.2 mm7 km/h NE
Sat9°13°1.1 mm7 km/h SW
Sun10°12°1.7 mm6 km/h N

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 23, 23:19 UTC.

Slope

Share of the 20 × 20 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 84% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

83.5%

Moderate, 15–30°

10.8%

Steep, 30–45°

5.6%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.1%

Steeper than 30°: 5.7% of the 400 km² view
Relief in view: 1,350 m low point 1,648 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Water 81.5%Grassland 15.6%Trees 2.3%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Where it sits

Where Lake Van sits

Nearby

Nearby places

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Sources

Data sources

Terrain: Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Imagery: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-09-15)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
Wildlife: iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Forecast: Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources: Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia