Boraboy lake is in the Taşova district, sixty-three kilometres from the centre of Amasya and fifteen from Taşova, at 1,050 metres. It is often called a crater lake, but the Ministry of Culture and Tourism is careful here: it is in fact a natural barrier lake, formed when debris coming down from the slopes blocked a small stream.
The water is emerald green, fed both from springs in its bed and by the stream. It is nine hundred metres long, three hundred wide and twenty-five deep, with a steep southern shore, and beech, Scots pine, cedar and chestnut around it.
Getting there
- Access
- The lake is within the Taşova district, 63 kilometres from the provincial centre and 15 from Taşova; turn off the Amasya–Erzincan road. You can drive right down to the shore.
When to go
- Climate
- Across Amasya as a whole, monthly mean temperatures run from 2.7 °C in January to 23.9 °C in August; the mean stays between 15 and 25 °C in May, June, July, August and September; rainfall is heaviest in May (55 mm) and lightest in August (10 mm). Long-term means for 1961-2025 from the Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM).
