Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
To turn Lake Toba into a top tourism spot, the agency requires a budget of 21 trillion Rupiah (US$1.3 billion). [ 5 ] The BPODT's exercise of authority has faced significant criticism by indigenous communities who raised concerns about being excluded from the development process, viewing the agency's projects as unilateral decisions not taking ...
Toba Caldera is one of twenty geoparks in Indonesia, [2] and was recognised in July 2020 as one of the UNESCO Global Geoparks. [3] [4] [5] Lake Toba is the site of a supervolcanic eruption estimated at VEI 8 that occurred 69,000 to 77,000 years ago, [6] [7] [8] representing a climate-changing event.
MV Sinar Bangun sank on 18 June 2018 in Lake Toba, North Sumatra, Indonesia, during its trip from Simanindo Harbour in Samosir Island to Tiga Ras Harbour in Simalungun Regency. The ferry was carrying 188 passengers and crew. After the sinking, authorities immediately deployed search and rescue personnel to the area.
The Toba eruption (also called the Toba supereruption and the Youngest Toba eruption) was a supervolcanic eruption that occurred about 74,000 years ago, during the Late Pleistocene, [2] at the site of present-day Lake Toba, in Sumatra, Indonesia.
Lake Toba, the world's largest volcanic lake and the largest lake in Southeast Asia, is in Indonesia This is a list of the notable lakes of Indonesia. Indonesia has 521 natural lakes and over 100 reservoirs, covering approximately 21,000 km 2. The total volume of water held is approximately 500 km 3. The largest lake, by both area and volume, is Lake Toba in Sumatra. It holds 240 km 3 of ...
The airport serves as the main gateway to the nearby Lake Toba as well as the surrounding area. The airport is aimed at increasing air connectivity to support economic and tourism growth at this lake, which was included in Indonesia's 10 new emerging destinations. [3] The airport is located about 47 mi (76 km) from Parapat town.
Toba Regency is a landlocked regency in North Sumatra. Its seat is Balige . The regency covers an area of 2,021.8 square kilometres; it had a population of 173,129 at the 2010 census [ 2 ] and 206,199 at the 2020 Census; [ 3 ] the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 213,850 (comprising 106,907 males and 106,943 females). [ 1 ]
(d) includes the small islands of Pulau Tolping, Pulau Malau Satu, and Pulau Malau Dua in Lake Toba. (e) including the kelurahan of Tuktuk Siadong. Six of the nine districts within the regency are on the island of Samosir (which lies within Lake Toba), while the others lie on the 'mainland' of Sumatra. Samosir Island districts Onan Runggu