| Taal Lake | |
|---|---|
 Satellite image of the lake and Volcano Island within it | |
.svg)  Taal Lake Location within the Philippines | |
| Location | Batangas |
| Coordinates | 13°59′05″N 121°00′57″E / 13.98472°N 121.01583°E |
| Type | Crater lake |
| Primary inflows | Alulod River |
| Primary outflows | Pansipit River |
| Basin countries | Philippines |
| Max. length | 25 km (16 mi) |
| Max. width | 18 km (11 mi) |
| Surface area | 234.2 km2 (90.4 sq mi) |
| Average depth | 100 m (330 ft)[1] |
| Max. depth | 172 m (564 ft)[1] |
| Water volume | 23.42 km3 (5.62 cu mi) |
| Shore length1 | 115 km (71 mi) |
| Surface elevation | 5 m (16 ft) |
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| 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. | |
Taal Lake (Tagalog: Lawa ng Taal, IPA: [taʔal]), formerly known as Bombón Lake,[2][3] is a fresh water caldera 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 the country's third-largest lake, 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. It was known as Yellow Lake[4] and contains its own small island, Vulcan Point. Vulcan Point is one of the few third-order islands in the world.
- ^ a b "Lake Taal" Archived March 6, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. International Lake Environment Committee. Retrieved on March 17, 2012.
- ^ Sawyer, Frederic H. (January 1, 1900). The Inhabitants of the Philippines. Library of Alexandria. ISBN 9781465511850.
- ^ 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.
- ^ U.S. Army Corps of Engineer (1954). "Manila (Topographic map)". University of Texas in Austin Library. Retrieved on August 3, 2014.