Lake Hazar (Turkish: Hazar Gölü; Armenian: Ծովք լիճ, romanized: Covk‘ lič) is a rift lake in the Taurus Mountains, 22 km southeast of Elazığ, notable as the source of the Tigris. It was formerly known as Lake Geoljuk.

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Lake Hazar
Lake Hazar and pine trees
Lake Hazar
Location	Taurus Mountains
Coordinates	38°29′N 39°25′E
Lake type	Rift Lake
Primary outflows	Tigris
Basin countries	Turkey
Max. length	22 km (14 mi)
Max. width	6 km (3.7 mi)

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During the Armenian genocide the lake was used as an execution site.^[1][2]

Scientists found 4,000-year-old archaeological traces of a city below the lake. The city has been submerged in Lake Hazar, since 1830. Turkey wants to register its historic 'Sunken City' in eastern Anatolia as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.^[3]

Ebubakar Irmak, Mayor of Sivrice, said he dove into the lake in 2017 and saw the remains of churches, walls of a castle, pots, pottery and glazed plates of the citadel with traces of the Seljuk, Byzantine and Ottoman era.^[4][5] In 2019, amphora tombs were also found in the sunken city.^[6]