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Taal Volcano, Philippines
A small, 3-km-wide caldera is located at the center of Volcano Island, in the Philippines' southern Luzon Island.
The 5-km-wide Volcano Island lies within a much larger, 15 x 20 km Taal caldera, whose low, western wall is seen across Lake Taal in the distance.
The small island in the center of the photo, a remnant of historical eruptions on Volcano Island, is a geographical oddity--an island in a lake on an island in a lake on an island.
PHOTO SOURCE: Chris Newhall 1989, US Geological Survey, courtesy of the Global Volcanism Program, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, used with permission.
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