The largest volcanic lake in the world, occupying the caldera of a supervolcano on the Indonesian island of Sumatra that erupted catastrophically around 74,000 years ago. The island of Samosir rises from within the lake itself, formed by later resurgent volcanic activity.
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1. Lake Toba (Wikipedia)
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area = 1130 km2
Shaped By: Caldera Formation, Lead paragraph
The lake is the massive caldera of the Toba supervolcano.
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