EGETÜRKİYE

Circular volcanic crater lake shimmering amid green pine forests.
Simav Gölcük Plateau and 1,450m Volcanic Crater Lake

Research inventory

KütahyasimavOttoman era

Simav Gölcük Plateau and 1,450m Volcanic Crater Lake

Reading the place

Not one monument, but a layered setting.

Gölcük Plateau represents Simav's natural monument featuring a 1,450m volcanic crater lake.

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Kütahya · simav

Research note

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How to use this dossier

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Narratives that include this place

Periods

  • Ottoman era
  • National Struggle & Republic
  • The Aegean today

Regional context

Inner Aegean

Research sources

District guide

Simav

Province guide

Kütahya