They are both high-altitude lakes located in Varto district of Muş Province.

According to Gukas Inchichyan, it is said that a bey (melik) dynasty of Sasun origin ruled in the Xamurpert or Xamlpert castle in these mountains until the 1760s.

Its surface area is about 11 square kilometres (4.2 sq mi)[5] The snow from Akdoğan mountains feeds it, and the excess water pours into İskender creek.

The main plant species in the Akdoğan Lakes are toxic Ferula and non-toxic Ferula, Rheum ribes, Gundelia, Sorrel, Arum maculatum, Eremurus spectabilis, Diplotaenia cachrydifolia Boiss, Chaerophyllum macrospermum, Thymus (plant),[6] Paeonia turcica, Astragalus kurdicus and Euphorbia sp.

Frangula alnus and Prunus cerasifera are located on the humid shores of the lake.