Çarpanak Island (Turkish: Çarpanak Adası) or Ktuts or Ktouts (Armenian: Կտուց կղզի Ktuts kghzi), is a small island in Lake Van. It is now uninhabited, but formerly contained an Armenian monastery called Ktuts. The ruins of it can still be seen.
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Ktuts_monastery_1986.jpg/220px-Ktuts_monastery_1986.jpg)
External links
edit- Ktuts' Anapat (pictures and information at Rensselaer Digital Collections)
- Armenian Monastery on Ktuts (Charpanak) Island, Lake Van
- Armenian Monastery on Ktuts (Charpanak) Island, Lake Van