Lake Toba

Lake Toba Danau Toba  (Indonesian) Tao Toba  (Batak Toba)
A view of Danau Toba and Pulau Samosir from Air Terjun Sipiso-piso
Location	North Sumatra, Indonesia
Coordinates	2°41′04″N 98°52′32″E / 2.6845°N 98.8756°E / 2.6845; 98.8756Coordinates: 2°41′04″N 98°52′32″E / 2.6845°N 98.8756°E / 2.6845; 98.8756
Type	Volcanic/ tectonic
Primary outflows	Asahan River
Basin countries	Indonesia
Max. length	100 km (62 mi)
Max. width	30 km (19 mi)
Surface area	1,130 km2 (440 sq mi)
Average depth	500 m (1,600 ft)
Max. depth	505 m (1,657 ft)
Water volume	240 km3 (58 cu mi)
Surface elevation	905 m (2,969 ft)
Islands	Samosir
Settlements	Ambarita, Pangururan
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Lake Toba (Indonesian: Danau Toba) is a large natural lake occupying the caldera of a supervolcano. The lake is about 100 kilometres long, 30 kilometres wide, and up to 505 metres (1,666 ft) deep. Located in the middle of the northern part of the Indonesian island of Sumatra, with a surface elevation of about 900 metres (2,953 ft), the lake stretches from 2°53′N 98°31′E / 2.88°N 98.52°E / 2.88; 98.52 to 2°21′N 99°06′E / 2.35°N 99.1°E / 2.35; 99.1. It is the largest lake in Indonesia and also the largest volcanic lake in the world.

Lake Toba is the site of a massive supervolcanic eruption estimated at VEI 8 that occurred 69,000 to 77,000 years ago, representing a climate-changing event. It is the largest known explosive eruption on Earth in the last 25 million years. According to the Toba catastrophe theory, it had global consequences for human populations; it killed most humans living at that time and is believed to have created a population bottleneck in central east Africa and India, which affects the genetic make up of the human worldwide population to the present.