Lake Eber

Lake Eber
Eber Gölü (Turkish)
Eber Lake in 2017
Location of the lake in Turkey.
Location of the lake in Turkey.
Lake Eber
LocationAfyon Province, Turkey
Coordinates38°38′N 31°09′E / 38.633°N 31.150°E / 38.633; 31.150
Typelake
Max. depth21 metres (69 ft)
Surface elevation967 metres (3,173 ft)

Lake Eber (Turkish: Eber Gölü) is a freshwater lake in Afyon Province, Turkey. The lake used to be connected with nearby Lake Akşehir and was named Tessarakonta Martyron, the Forty Martyr's lake, in premodern times.[1][2]

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