Taal Lake

Taal Lake, formerly known as Bombón Lake, 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,U.S. Army Corps of Engineer (1954). "Manila (Topographic map)". University of Texas in Austin Library. Retrieved on August 3, 2014. 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.

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Category:Lakes of the Philippines