Vanush

Vanush (Persian: ونوش, also Romanized as Vanūsh, Venoosh, and Venūsh)[1] is a village in Kalej Rural District, in the Central District of Nowshahr County, Mazandaran Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 2,483, in 679 families.[2]

Vanush

ونوش
village
Vanush
Coordinates: 36°33′34″N 51°51′41″E
Country Iran
ProvinceMazandaran
CountyNowshahr
BakhshCentral
Rural DistrictKalej
Population
 (2006)
  Total2,483
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)
  Summer (DST)UTC+4:30 (IRDT)

Mamraz Lake, the "Lake of Ghosts"

Vanush has the distinction of being the settlement closest to the Lake of Ghosts, a site of natural beauty featuring an eerie, drowned landscape of half-submerged hornbeam trees resembling phantoms in the mist.[3]

References

  1. Vanush can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3088320" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
  2. "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)". Islamic Republic of Iran. Archived from the original (Excel) on 2011-11-11.
  3. Digest, Persia (2017-08-24). https://persiadigest.com/en/news/146/the-ghost-lake-in-northern-iran "The ghost lake in northern Iran". en. Retrieved 2020-02-14.
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