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Taal (Volcano Week 3)

Posted by Alex Turnbull, Friday, 17th October 2008

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Taal Volcano is another active stratovolcano, this time on the island of Luzon in the Philippines, and at only 406 metres, it is known as the world’s smallest volcano.

Actually Taal’s crater has a lake in it… sadly the high-res imagery here didn’t quite cover the crater lake, but this aerial photograph reveals that in the crater lake itself actually contains a tiny little island - which is no less than the world’s largest island in a lake on an island in a lake on an island!

See our post from last year’s Island Week 2 for loads more crazy island/lake recursion.

(Wikipedia)

Countries: Philippines

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2 Responses to 'Taal (Volcano Week 3)'

  1. 1. koen says: October 18th, 2008 at 10:51 am

    my head’s still hurting from the last time you started talking about islands and lakes and lakes on islands….

  2. 2. Reg says: October 19th, 2008 at 8:12 pm

    My parents took me to visit their friends who lived on the slope overlooking the lake when I was 4 in 1948. This area was fantastically beautiful and green then and looks like it still is today, judging by Google Earth, the armchair traveler’s best friend! Thanks for posting it.

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