15 INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT THE LAKE TOBA

This is a fact about Lake Toba:

1. Lake Toba is the largest lake in Indonesia, even Southeast Asia. A volcanic lake with a length of 100 kilometers and 30 kilometers wide along the furthest depths of approximately 400 meters located in the province of North Sumatra, Indonesia

2. In the middle of Lake Toba there is a volcanic island called Samosir Island is located at an altitude of about 1,000 meters above sea level. And in the middle of the island of Samosir is still there more two beautiful lakes named Lake Sidihoni and Lake Aek Natonang.

3 It is estimated that Lake Toba occur when a super volcano eruption (Mount Toba) around 73000-75000 ago. Approximately 2,800 cubic km of volcanic material spewed out when the volcano erupted, and volcanic dust in the wind spread to half the earth. The explosion occurred during 1 week and throw the dust up to 10 kilometers above sea level.

4 According to estimates, the super volcano eruption caused mass death and lead to the extinction of some species of living creatures

5 The eruption of Mount Toba influence world civilization. It is estimated, this titanic eruption leads to changes in the earth's weather and the onset of ice ages

6 Lake Toba get special attention from researchers the world stage, such as Bill Rose and Craig Chesner from Michigan Technological University

7. This volcanic lake is the second largest lake in the world after Lake Victoria in Africa Sandra

8 Administratively, Lake Toba stretching across seven districts, namely North Tapanuli, Toba Samosir, Samosir, Humbang Hasundutan, Dairi, Karo, and Simalungun

9 The area around Lake Toba has pine forests are arranged beautiful

10 In Tomok (Samosir Island) there is the tomb of King Sidabutar, whose age is 500 years. There is also a statue Sigale-Gale (statue can dance)

11 On the outskirts of Lake Toba, there are several waterfalls are extremely fascinating

12 Lake Toba had a legend that lived thousands of years ago and it took a blessing for people who live around Lake Toba with a variety of daily activities

13 Lake Toba is a breeding ground for fish Batak (Neolissochilus thienemanni) which has a high historical and cultural value

14 Once a year held Lake Toba People's Party

15 In the 1990s, precisely before 1997, Lake Toba become a favorite destination of foreign tourists, mainly from the Netherlands, Malaysia, Singapore, Germany, Japan, Korea, even some that came from America.