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Elazığ: from the museum to Buzluk Cave, then to Hazar Lake

A driving route combining the city and its surroundings: the Archaeology and Ethnography Museum, displaying finds from the Keban and Karakaya rescue excavations, the İzzet Paşa Mosque in the city center, Buzluk Cave (Ice Cave), which freezes in summer, and Hazar Lake, formed on the East Anatolian Fault Line.

Estimated duration
~4 h 30 min
Straight-line distance (estimate)
~44 km
Getting around
By car
Stops
4 stops

Duration and distance are estimates. Distance is the straight-line sum between stops; the actual road is longer. Check with a maps app before you set off.

Safety and caution

Inside Buzluk Cave it is slippery and very cold, so bring warm clothes. At Hazar Lake, swim only in marked/supervised areas; the status of lakeside facilities may have changed after the 2020 earthquake.

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Numbers show the order of stops; the dashed line is a straight-line link between stops, not the actual road.

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).

Stops

  1. 1

    Start

    Museum

    Elazığ Archaeology and Ethnography Museum

    Merkez, Elazığ

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  2. 2

    ~2.9 km from the previous stop (straight line)

    Mosque

    İzzet Paşa Mosque

    Merkez, Elazığ

    ~2.95 km from the previous stop as the crow flies

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  3. 3

    ~8.5 km from the previous stop (straight line)

    Cave

    Buzluk Cave (Ice Cave)

    Merkez, Elazığ

    ~8.5 km from the previous stop as the crow flies

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  4. 4

    ~33 km from the previous stop (straight line)

    Lake

    Lake Hazar

    Sivrice, Elazığ

    ~32.71 km from the previous stop as the crow flies

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