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Taal Lake

Coordinates: 13°59′05″N 121°00′57″E / 13.98472°N 121.01583°E / 13.98472; 121.01583
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Taal Lake
Satellite image of the lake and Volcano Island within it
Taal Lake is located in Philippines
Taal Lake
Taal Lake
Location within the Philippines
LocationBatangas
Coordinates13°59′05″N 121°00′57″E / 13.98472°N 121.01583°E / 13.98472; 121.01583
TypeCrater lake
Primary inflowsAlulod River
Primary outflowsPansipit River
Basin countriesPhilippines
Max. length25 km (16 mi)
Max. width18 km (11 mi)
Surface area234.2 km2 (90.4 sq mi)
Average depth100 m (330 ft)[1]
Max. depth172 m (564 ft)[1]
Water volume23.42 km3 (5.62 cu mi)
Shore length1115 km (71 mi)
Surface elevation5 m (16 ft)
Islands
Settlements
  • Agoncillo
  • Alitagtag
  • Balete
  • Cuenca
  • Laurel
  • Lipa
  • Mataasnakahoy
  • San Nicolas
  • Santa Teresita
  • Talisay
  • Tanauan
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.


Taal Lake, formerly known as Bombón Lake,[2][3] is a fresh water volcanic crater lake in the province of Batangas, on the island of Luzon in the Philippines. The lake fills Taal Volcano, a large volcanic caldera formed by very large eruptions between 500,000 and 100,000 years ago.

It is third largest lake in the Philippines, after Laguna de Bay and Lake Lanao. Volcano Island, the location of Taal Volcano's historical eruptions and responsible for the lake's sulfuric content, lies near the center of the lake.

There is a crater lake on Volcano Island, known as Yellow Lake,[4] and contains its own small island, Vulcan Point. Vulcan Point is an "Island in a lake, on an island in a lake, on an island" — one of the few recursive islands in the world.

Panorama of Taal Lake and Volcano


References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 "Lake Taal" Archived March 6, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. International Lake Environment Committee. Retrieved on March 17, 2012.
  2. Sawyer, Frederic H. (January 1, 1900). The Inhabitants of the Philippines. Library of Alexandria. ISBN 9781465511850.
  3. Crossley, Professor John Newsome (July 28, 2013). Hernando de los Ríos Coronel and the Spanish Philippines in the Golden Age. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. ISBN 9781409482420.
  4. U.S. Army Corps of Engineer (1954). "Manila (Topographic map)". University of Texas in Austin Library. Retrieved on August 3, 2014.