TAAL LAKE IN BATANGAS

Taal Lake, lake in Southwestern Luzon, Philippines, occupying a volcanic crater with a maximum width of 15 miles (24km), less than 10 feet (3m) above sea level. It has an area of 94 square miles (244 square km) and is the country’s third largest lake. Within the lake rises Volcano Island (984 feet [300m]), which itself contain another small crater (Yellow Lake). Volcano Island, called Taal Volcano, has erupted 25 times since 1572, most recently in 1970. (ref. Britannica)

Taal Lake is a freshwater lake in the province of Batangas, on the island of Luzon in the Philippines. The lake fills Taal Caldera, a large volcanic caldera formed by very large eruptions between 100,000 and 500,000 years ago.

Taal caused one of the worst volcano disasters in history: its eruption in 1911 killed 1,334 people and caused ash fall as far as Manila city. Due to its devastating potential, Taal was declared one of the “Decade Volcanoes” in the Decade Volcanoes program of the 1990s in order to increase study and monitoring of the volcano. Taal is today one of the most closely monitored volcanoes in the region. An increase in seismic activity under Taal was recorded in November 2006, followed by an increase in hot water springs in the crater in April 2007. (Ref. Faith Academy)