Taal Lake
Taal Lake (Tagalog: Lawa ng Taal, IPA: [taʔal]), formerly known as Bombón Lake, is a freshwater 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.
| Taal Lake | |
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Satellite image of the lake and Volcano Island within it | |
Taal Lake Location within the Philippines | |
| Location | Batangas |
| Coordinates | 13°59′05″N 121°00′57″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) |
| Max. depth | 172 m (564 ft) |
| 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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| Settlements | |
| 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. | |
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.
Up until the 2020 eruption of Taal Volcano there was a crater lake on Volcano Island. It was known as Yellow Lake and Main Crater Lake and contained its own small island, Vulcan Point. Vulcan Point was thought to be one of few third-order islands in the world.