Ladik Lake

Ladik Lake (; ) is a lake in Samsun Province, Asiatic Turkey. In Classical antiquity, it was called Stiphane, and was located in the northwestern part of Pontus, in the area called Phazemonitis.Strabo. Geographica. Vol. xii. p. 560. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition. According to Strabo, the lake is rich in fish, and its shores have excellent pastures. The southern shore of Ladik Lake was the epicenter of the 7.8–8.0  1668 North Anatolia earthquake, which is thought to be the most powerful earthquake in Turkey.

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Category:Lakes of Asia
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