Taal Lake

Taal Lake
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 / 13.98472°N 121.01583°E / 13.98472; 121.01583
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)
Islands	Bubuin Dalig Lagdauin Lambauing Napayon Volcano Island
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 (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.