Taal Lake
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Taal Lake (Tagalog: Lawà ng Taál, IPA: [taʔal], older name: 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 670 and 6 thousand 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 sulfur content, lies near the lake's center.
There is a crater lake on Volcano Island. It was known as Yellow Lake and contains its own small islet, Vulcan Point. Vulcan Point is one of the few third-order islands in the world.
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