Lake Toba was once the site of the largest volcanic eruption on Earth in the last two million years, some 74,000 years ago. It’s the sheer size and beauty of Lake Toba which strikes you while coasting ...

When we heard that there was a massive lake inside of a volcano caldera, we were more than a little intrigued. When we found out that there was an island on that lake, inside of the caldera, and that ...

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Indonesian President Joko Widodo has established a special authority to revive tourism in Lake Toba, North Sumatra. Environmentalists worry the plan could lead to forest clearance and exacerbate a ...

AI Quick Read Today's Google Doodle celebrates Lake Toba, known as Danau Toba, located on the Indonesian island of Sumatra. Lake Toba was designated as UNESCO Global Geopark on August 31, 2020. Lake ...

The Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation (JPIC) office of the Capuchins in Medan, North Sumatra, issued a strong appeal for the protection of the Lake Toba region. Speaking out against rising ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Samosir Island: A large volcanic island in Lake Toba, Samosir offers many interesting excursion objects. Samosir Island: A large ...

On the Indonesian island of Sumatra, there is a large lake that used to be a mountain. How is it that a mountain becomes a lake? Simple: It erupts. This mountain on Sumatra unleashed an utterly ...

PIKIRAN RAKYAT – Lake Toba, located in North Sumatra Province, is the largest volcanic lake in Indonesia, and even in the world. This lake was formed by a massive eruption of Mount Toba around 74,000 ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas) head, Bambang Brodjonegoro, said that the government has included lake preservation program in the National Medium-Term ...