Geographically it is located at the south-east corner of Lake Sevan, which can be seen in the distance at a highpoint amongst the ruins.
The name is derived from the local dialect of the villages near south-east Lake Sevan and roughly translates to “ruins”.
Within the ruins, there is a memorial of seven khachkars named Yot Verk Matur meaning "Seven Wounds Chapel".
She did so and the two of them escaped with their lives that night from the city on horseback through a cave located a very short distance away from Ishkanaberd.
During that time it is said that the cave led from Ishkanaberd to a village some distance away, and that the cavern's tunnel which has since collapsed could fit a person sitting on horseback from one end to the other.