World's Largest Island within a Lake on an Island within a Lake on an Island
This unique distinction goes to about 40 metres wide small volcanic island called -
Vulcan Point Island
located in - Crater Lake (about 1.9 km across)
located in - Volcano Island (aka Taal Valcano) (about 5-6 km wide)
located in - Taal Lake (about 16 km across)
located in - Taal Caldera on Luzon Island, Philippines.
Following image explains this complex location;
Here is another image which shows Vulcan Point, Crater Lake, Volcano Island, Taal Lake and Taal Caldera (a cauldron-like volcanic feature usually formed by the collapse of land following a volcanic eruption).
A panoramic view of same;
More info at Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology Taal Volcano Web page and Wikipedia
View location in Google Earth Google Maps. (It is the small white blob in black lake).
Credits: Redeemed (GEC Link)
3 comments:
Back in 1979 or 80, I took a dip in Crater Lake and came out covered by a slimy "coat" of sulphur-saturated water.
Volcanoes abound in sulphur. During eruptions, volcanic dioxide is expelled into the atmosphere in enormous amounts.
Sorry to disappoint, but the World's Largest Island-in-a-lake-on-an-island-in-a-lake-on-an-island is actually llocated on/in Victoria Island in Canada's Northwest Territories.
See for yourself at
http://www.livescience.com/33679-world-largest-island-lake-island-lake-island-google-earth.html
And
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Island_(Canada)
Thank you Dan for the information. I will update my blog shortly about this recent discovery.
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