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	Taal, Philippines (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Taal is only 30 miles (50 kilometers) south of Manila on the island of Luzon in the Philippines.
		The fl area in the center of the image is Taal Lake, which nearly fills the 18-mile-diameter (30-kilometer) caldera.
		Taal is one of 15 "Decade Volcanoes" that have been identified by the volcanology community as presenting large potential hazards to population centers.
	volcano.und.nodak.edu /vwdocs/volc_images/img_taal.html (534 words)

	Taal Volcano Protected landscape, Batangas - UNESCO World Heritage Centre
		Taal Volcano is an active volcano on the island of Luzon in the Philippines.
		The Taal Volcano Protected Landscape (TVPL), which is an active strato-volcano on the island of Luzon, straddles the provinces of Batangas and Cavite, with an area of 62,292.14 hectares and situated in the municipalities of Talisay, Malvar, Tanauan, Laurel, Agoncillo, Sta.
		Taal volcano has a unique geological history. Formation-wise, it cannot be compared with other volcanoes because it was formed through one major eruption at the center of the lake, and since the lake itself is the crater of a prehistoric volcano.
	whc.unesco.org /en/tentativelists/5026 (481 words)

	Taal Vista Hotel, Tagaytay City, Philippines
		Taal Vista Hotel is the preferred hotel in the area considering its proximity to Manila, the CALABARZON and to the historical and cultural spots in the area.
		Taal Vista Hotel, a Tagaytay City landmark, has always been the premier hotel in Tagaytay, because of its unmatched panorama of Taal Volcano and Taal Lake, as well as its place in the hearts and memories of locals and tourists throughout its more than 70 years of existence.
		Taal Vista Hotel, a Tagaytay City landmark and the favorite hotel destination in the area (favored by thousands of first time and returning visitors), is just a 90-minute leisure drive from the metro.
	www.asiatravel.com /philippines/taalvista (431 words)

	Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management Society
		Taal Lake was formed by a series of catastrophic volcanic eruptions and other geologic processes whose character slowly evolved as the large basinal depression and the take took form.
		During the early stage of Taal's life urge scale magmatic activity was very common in this pan of Luzon including the caldera-forming eruptions that created parts of Laguna de Bai and the smaller scale eruptions that form ed the cones and volcanic in the area.
		Tectonic uplift and erosion on the northern shores of the young lake and the presence of deeper craters on the south led to contrasts depths of the depressions.
	www.aehms.org /5_2_ramos.html (426 words)

	LakeNet - Lakes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Taal Lake is located about 60 km southeast of Manila, the capital of the Philippines.
		The Taal Volcano itself has a lake of its own inside its crater called "Crater Lake." One can even swim inside the Crater Lake but the lake's water is a very diluted form of sulfuric acid with high concentration of boron, magnesium, aluminum and sodium in salt form.
		Taal Lake is situated in a highly populated and rapidly growing agricultural and industrial region.
	www.worldlakes.org /lakedetails.asp?lakeid=8420 (455 words)

	Taal, Philippines
		Taal volcano is one of the most active volcanoes in the Philippines and has produced some of its most powerful historical eruptions.
		The 5-km-wide Volcano Island in north-central Lake Taal, the location of all historical eruptions, is a complex volcano composed of coalescing small stratovolcanoes, tuff rings, and scoria cones.
		The historically active cone of Taal forms a small inhabited island (Volcano Island) in a 15 x 22 km caldera lake with a 6 km dia.
	users.bendnet.com /bjensen/volcano/philippines/luzon-taal.html (323 words)

	Taal - Into the Volcano
		Taal Volcano was cooperating, huffing and puffing so much that seismologists had sealed the entire area to visitors and evacuated residents.
		In the center of Taal's tiny crater, across the vast lake, could be spied the beckoning blue waters of yet another lake.
		Lunch at the hotel overlooking the Taal terrain seemed as close as he wanted to get to the volcanic lake, where residents had been removed from the rocking and rolling island, because an eruption seemed eminent.
	www.gluckman.com /taal.html (1812 words)

	taal_volcano
		Taal Volcano is situated in a highly populated and rapidly growing agricultural and industrial region.
		Taal caldera is envisaged as two adjacent calderas in a graben setting (Listanco, 1993) largely controlled by the intersection of regional structures, the west Marikina fault and the tectonic elements of the Macolod Corridor.
		Lake tsunamis, following lake floor fissuring and subsidence, and seiches (large amplitude lake oscillations) were the dominant hazards during the 1749 fissure eruption and great earthquakes.
	www.univ-savoie.fr /labos/lgit/PageHtml/AncienSitePageHtml/taal_volcano.html (2467 words)

	Taal Volcano, Philippines
		This is an image of Taal volcano, near Manila on the island of Luzon in the Philippines.
		The fl area in the center is Taal Lake, which nearly fills the 30-kilometer-diameter (18- mile) caldera.
		The large island in Taal Lake, which itself contains a crater lake, is known as Volcano Island.
	www.solarviews.com /cap/volc/taal.htm (478 words)

	The "sea" snake of Taal Lake \| Haribon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Lake Taal is one of the major freshwater lakes in the country.
		The Lake Taal Sea Snake was described by Samuel Garman in 1881 and bears the name of its discoverer, Carl Semper, a noted naturalist who first collected the snake from the lake.
		The Lake Taal Sea Snake is venomous as all sea snakes are.
	www.haribon.org.ph /?q=node/view/153 (2196 words)

	Balik Kalikasan Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		This were the words uttered by Mila Chavez, head of the Kilusan ng mga Maliliit na Mangingisda sa Lawa ng Taal or KMMLT (Organization of Small Fisherfolks of Lake Taal) of Don Juan, Cuenca, Batangas on the mysterious phenomenon that happened to the waters of the lake last April 21, 2000.
		The proliferation of bangus and tilapia fishpens have severely aggravated the problems of the lake that were already caused by exploitative and destructive forms of fishing.
		Lake Taal is the third biggest freshwater lake in the country, and is home to endemic endangered flora and fauna.
	www.bwf.org /bk/2k/07/18_03.html (1012 words)

	TrekEarth \| Taal Lake Photo
		This is an helicopter view of the center of the "Crater Lake" in the Taal Lake.
		Taal Lake is located about 60 km southeast of Manila, the capital of the Philippines, on the capital island Luzon.
		Taal volcano is a 5 km diameter island located 60 km south of Manila, situated in a 20 km diameter caldera filled by a lake.
	www.trekearth.com /gallery/Asia/Philippines/photo344227.htm (302 words)

	Taal Volcano - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Taal Volcano is part of a chain of volcanoes along the western side of the island of Luzon, all formed by the subduction of the Eurasian Plate underneath the Philippine Plate.
		A cinder cone in an acidic lake on Taal Volcano
		Volcanologists measuring the concentration of radon gas in the soil on the island measured an anomalous increase of the radon concentration by a factor of six in October 1994.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Taal_Volcano (842 words)

	GNF - Taal Lake
		Taal Lake is located about 60 km southeast of Manila, the capital of the Philippines, on the main island Luzon.
		Taal Lake is the third largest lake in the Philippines and is the second largest on the island of Luzon.
		One can even swim inside the Crater Lake but the lake's water is a very diluted form of sulfuric acid with high concentration of boron, magnesium, aluminum and sodium in salt form.
	globalnature.org /docs/02_vorlage.asp?id=21227&domid=1011&...&m4=21227 (327 words)

	Taal Lake Volcano >
		On Taal's 1911 eruption, one thousand three hundred and forty four (1,344) lives were claimed, leaving only a puppy as the survivor.
		The campsite at Barrio Alas-as is situated along the shoreline near "Pinintiang Maliit", with a view of Taal Lake and the Tagaytay Ridge.
		A dip at the lake soothed the bodies and minds of the tired mountaineers with its luke warm and gentle current.
	www.geocities.com /Yosemite/1759/taal.htm (408 words)

	Global Volcanism Program \| Taal \| Monthly Reports (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Taal's ejecta is being blown upward to a height of 1,500 feet.
		Lake level monitoring showed some subsidence (about 10 cm) of the SW shores of Taal Lake, which face the 1965-77 eruption site on the volcano island.
		Taal stratovolcano, which is sometimes also referred to as either Volcano Island or Taal Island, has a central, 6-km-diameter crater lake termed the main crater lake (figures 5 and 6).
	www.volcano.si.edu /world/volcano.cfm?vnum=0703-07=&volpage=var (7114 words)

	Sun.Star Breaking News: Taiwanese missing in boating accident at Taal Lake (7:05 p.m.)
		Pei-chun Chang, 42, was returning along with five other Taiwanese tourists from Taal Volcano island to a resort in Talisay town on the shores of Taal Lake when the weather suddenly turned bad, with heavy rain and waves whipped up by strong winds, police said.
		Umahon said the search for Chang would continue until nightfall, and authorities had informed communities on the lake's shore to be on the lookout for the missing tourist.
		Taal, an active volcano, is one of the country's top tourist destinations, and locals offer guided treks on the volcano's island.
	www.sunstar.com.ph /static/net/2006/07/08/taiwanese.missing.in.boating.accident.at.taal.lake.(7.05.p.m.).html (274 words)

	Taal, Lake - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		TAAL, LAKE [Taal, Lake], 94 sq mi (243 sq km), SW Luzon, the Philippines, S of Manila.
		One of the most picturesque places in the country, it contains Volcano Island, with Mt. Taal, an active volcano, rising to 984 ft (300 m).
		Taal volcano tremors continue but major eruption discounted
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-taal-lak.html (138 words)

	Explore Taal Lake, Philippines - Asia Finest Discussion Forum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The water of the outer lake, although sulfur bubbles up from some spots along the shore, is fresh and is known to be the habitat of many fishes like carp and eel.
		The lake is also the home to the only known species of sea snakes (Hydrophis semperi) which have somehow learned to adapt to fresh water.
		You know Taal Lake was once the crater of Taal Volcano and it is a huge crater but the new Taal Volcano inside the lake is just the offspring volcano.
	www.asiafinest.com /forum/index.php?showtopic=60175 (237 words)

	taal vocano of the Philippines
		It is located about 70-km south of Manila on an island inside a lake called Taal Lake.
		We decided not to camp inside the Crater Lake as originally planned since most of the trekkers preferred to camp at the Taal lakeshore where fresh fish can be bought from fishermen living along the lake.
		Unlike the Crater Lake, it is safe to swim here since this is a fresh water lake.
	www.geocities.com /TheTropics/Paradise/5586/taal.htm (576 words)

	Trek to Taal Volcano, Philippines
		Taal Volcano, in the Philippines, has been called the smallest active volcano in the world.
		The first recorded scuba dive inside the crater was made by a team led by Thomas Hargrove in 1986 to a depth of about 20 meters or 60 feet.
		The marine life study of Taal Lake indicates that the body of water here may have been, in fact, salt water in pre-historic time.
	www.aenet.org /treks/taaltrek.htm (586 words)

	Tagaytay: Taal Lake and Volcano (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Taal volcano is one of the smallest volcanoes in the world.
		However, this volcano is different because it sits in a lake and there is also a small body of water in the crater which looks like a small lake too.
		The view of Taal lake and volcano from this hotel deck is breathtaking.
	www.travelblog.org /Asia/Philippines/Tagaytay/blog-47977.html (545 words)

	TAAL VOLCANO (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Taal Volcano is one of the fifteen decade volcanoes located on the island of Luzon, in the Philippines.
		Taal has a long but little known history of catastrophic explosive volcanism, with one to two orders of magnitudes larger and more devastating than those of Mt. Pinatubo.
		Taal is located on the Philippine Plate near the Eurasian Plate 60 km south of Manila.
	www.owlnet.rice.edu /~geol108/taal/taal_volcano.htm (339 words)

	Mount Pinatubo, Philippines (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		View of Lake Taal and Volcano Island from north rim, Nov. 1999.
		View of the volcanic lake in middle of Volcano Island (middle of Lake Taal).
		Even around the rim of Lake Taal, people and their fish farms are at risk from tsunamis generated by eruptions.
	eos.higp.hawaii.edu /ppages/pinatubo/8.taal/index.html (143 words)

	Fishing in Lake Taal, Philippines - Picture - MSN Encarta
		A Luzon Island resident fishes in Lake Taal, the third largest lake in the Philippines.
		Lake Taal occupies the crater of an extinct volcano.
		The lake’s uninhabited Volcano Island contains a small active volcano.
	encarta.msn.com /media_681500182/Fishing_in_Lake_Taal_Philippines.html (44 words)

	LAKE TAAL
		It is the deepest lake in the Philippines (172 m) and the third largest in area (234.2 km2).
		It is probable that the lake is stratified in the period April to December, with the thermocline being found at a depth of about 50 m.
		Harengula tawilis (Clupeidae) is endemic to the lake.
	www.ilec.or.jp /database/asi/asi-58.html (822 words)

	Taal Volcano Island, Batangas
		Taal Volcano has been called the smallest active volcano in the world.
		What makes Taal Volcano unique is the fact that the volcano itself forms an island that has a lake of its own inside its crater which is called the "Crater Lake", thus, it is a lake within a lake.
		One is to a point where you can start a hike to the crater's highest point called the "ridge" where you can get a bird's eye view of the crater lake and the other to a point where you can start a hike to the crater lake itself.
	www.waypoints.ph /detail_gen.html?wpt=taalvo (783 words)

	\|\| Tagaytay - Probably The Most Pleasant City In Asia. \|\|
		Taal Volcano is located about 60 km SSE of Metro Manila, the capital of the Philippines.
		It is a complex volcanic system composed of a small volcanic island (Volcano Island), which has been the site of almost all historic activity, located within a 20x30 km lake-filled complex caldera(?) (Taal Lake, in older texts was also called Lake Bonbon), one of the great volcano-tectonic depressions of the world.
		Taal as the Decade Volcano for the Philippines Thirty three eruptions have been recorded since 1572 at Taal, mostly on Volcano Island.
	www.tagaytay.com /taalvolcano.htm (703 words)

	Active volcanoes: Taal, Philippines
		The volcano lies in the middle of a big lake, The Taal lake, a former crater of 30 kilometers
		The volcano itself also have a lake in its crater, and in the crater is another volcano.
		The increased seismicity of Taal Volcano Island is an indication of a low-level episode of unrest
	www.vulkaner.no /v/volcan/taal-e.html (627 words)

	Taal Volcano trips, treks and tours
		Taal Volcano, in the Philippines, was originally a huge volcano, that towered 18,000 feet up into the sky.
		It has been called the smallest active volcano, because it seems small now, but many people don't realize that it is one of the largest volcanos in the world.
		Taal Lake, or Lake Taal, is a nice fresh water lake, and there are many resorts on the lakeshore, and Taal Lake Yacht Club (thats us) is there also.
	meltingpot.fortunecity.com /michigan/642/taalbnca.html (529 words)

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