Lake Toba is located in the northern part of Sumatra island,Indonesia.What differentiates it from other lakes of the world is that it is not just a simple lake but a volcanic lake.Lake Toba was actually formed as a result of a high magnitude volcanic eruption.Lake Toba faced a disastrous and super volcanic eruption around 69,000-77,000 years ago.This is considered to be the biggest ever explosive eruption on the surface of the earth.Humans in countless numbers were killed and earth faced a big climatic change.This calamity brought several vivid climatic changes on he earth.Toba catastrophe theory explains it well.There is subduction zone in this area which is the most weak and active point and have faced several severe earth quakes since 1995.Here are a few images of this amazing lake Toba.
