Akgöl

Akgöl (Bayındır Lake), Burdur village, Karst lake, located in the boundaries of Yeşilova county. It is located between Acıgöl and Salda Lake.

The lake is very salty and fish do not live there, bird watching is possible. The lake has lost its lake-like characteristics by drying out.

The lake was dried up to provide agricultural land, but after the lake was dried up it was understood that salty soil could not be used for agriculture.

Key facts

Type: lake
Heritage status: Important Bird Area

Facts from Wikidata.

Coordinates: 37.678333, 29.770278Open in Google Maps

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Sources

The text on this page is translated from: Akgöl (Burdur) (tr.wikipedia.org), as of 30 January 2026

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