Lake Tamblingan

Lake Tamblingan
ᬤᬦᬸᬢᬫ᭄ᬩᭂᬮᬶᬗᬦ᭄
Lake Tamblingan in Buleleng Regency, Bali
Lake Tamblingan
Location	Buleleng Regency, Bali, Indonesia
Coordinates	8°15′25″S 115°05′49″E / 8.257056°S 115.097003°E / -8.257056; 115.097003
Type	caldera lake
Basin countries	Indonesia
Max. length	2 km (1.2 mi)
Max. width	1.1 km (0.68 mi)
Surface area	1.6 km2 (0.62 sq mi)
Max. depth	90 m (300 ft)
Water volume	0.027 km3 (0.0065 cu mi)
Surface elevation	1,217 m (3,993 ft)
Settlements	Gubug village

Lake Tamblingan (Balinese: Danu Tamblingan ᬤᬦᬸᬢᬫ᭄ᬩᭂᬮᬶᬗᬦ᭄, Indonesian: Danau Tamblingan) is a caldera lake located in Buleleng Regency, Bali. The lake is located at the foot of Mount Lesung in Munduk administrative village, Banjar district, Buleleng Regency, Bali, Indonesia. The lake is one of the three lakes that formed inside an ancient caldera, the other lakes to the east of Lake Tamblingan are Lake Buyan and Lake Bratan. Tamblingan lake is a pristine lake surrounded with dense rainforest and archaeological remnants of the 10th-century Tamblingan civilization. The lake and the surrounding settlements is designated as a spiritual tourism area protected from modern development by the government.^[1]