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Lake Hazar lies beneath the mountains south of Harput, with the high slopes of Hazarbaba rising on its southern shore. An island in the lake held the Armenian village of Gölcük and its church of Surp Nişan. The traveller Simeon of Poland visited in the early seventeenth century, crossing by boat to attend an evening service and see a cross kept there. The islanders also cultivated fields and gardens around the lake.