Lake Toba Sumatra Indonesia Supervolcano
Ancient humans weathered the toba supervolcano just fine.
Lake toba sumatra indonesia supervolcano. The lake is about 100 kilometres long 30 kilometres wide and up to 505 metres 1 666 ft deep. Danau toba is a large natural lake in north sumatra indonesia occupying the caldera of a supervolcano the lake is located in the middle of the northern part of the island of sumatra with a surface elevation of about 900 metres 2 953 ft the lake stretches from to the lake is about 100 kilometres 62 miles long 30 kilometres 19 mi wide and up to 505 metres. The toba caldera is in fact the earth s largest quaternary caldera. Lake toba sumatra is the largest lake in indonesia and southeast asia and also the largest volcanic lake in the world.
Researchers re examined sediment cores drilled from lake malawi in east. North sumatra is home to the largest volcanic lake in the world lake toba. Eruptions of this size are exptremely rare and are called supervolcano eruptions. Mount toba ancient volcano located in north central sumatra indonesia.
The youngest toba eruption was a supervolcanic eruption that occurred around 75 000 years ago at the site of present day lake toba in sumatra indonesia it is one of the earth s largest known explosive eruptions the toba catastrophe theory holds that this event caused a global volcanic winter of six to ten years and possibly a 1 000 year long cooling episode. Toba volcano volcano sumatra indonesia. About 70 000 years ago the toba supervolcano erupted in what is now indonesia. Magnificent supervolcano lake see 834 traveler reviews 1 618 candid photos and great deals for north sumatra indonesia at tripadvisor.
You are effectively standing where the supervolcano blew itself to pieces at the sight of the most cataclysmic natural disaster in human history. Danau toba is a large natural lake occupying the caldera of a supervolcano. The sheer size of the eruption is clear when you visit the caldera that remains. Of ignimbrite and airfall ash from vents at the nw and se ends of present day lake toba.
A volcano that erupted on sumatra in indonesia 74 000 years. Lake toba indonesia was predicted to form when the explosion around 73000 75000 years ago happened and is the most recent eruption super volcano.