Lake Apo

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Lake Apo

Raft cottages at Lake Apo at Guinoyuran, Valencia City, Province of Bukidnon, Philippines
Location Bukidnon
Coordinates 7°52′49″N 125°0′22″E / 7.88028°N 125.00611°E / 7.88028; 125.00611Coordinates: 7°52′49″N 125°0′22″E / 7.88028°N 125.00611°E / 7.88028; 125.00611
Type Crater lake[1]
Basin countries Philippines
Surface area 24 ha (0.24 km2)[2]
Average depth 17 m (55.77 ft)
Max. depth 26 m (85.30 ft)[2]
Surface elevation 640 m (2,099.74 ft)[3]
Settlements Valencia City
References [2][3]

Lake Apo is a crater lake in Barangay Guinoyoran in the City of Valencia in Bukidnon province in the southern Philippines. It is located in a hilly area about 640 metres (2,100 ft) in elevation, about 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) WSW of the city poblacion (town center). Lake Apo was awarded the cleanest inland body of water in Northern Mindanao Region (Region X) in the late 1990s. The green body of water has an estimated area of 24 hectares (59 acres) with maximum depths reaching up to 26 m (85 ft).[2][3]

Etymology

An image of the central region of Lake Apo taken from a floating raft cottage.

The name of the lake come from the Filipino term "apo," meaning elder or grandparent. According to legend, there was a man living in the mountains who assaulted his granddaughter and was punished by the mountain deities for his disrespectful act by flooding the area forming the Lake Apo.[4]

Geology

The lake is a crater lake, a basin formed on an old volcanic cone that was later filled with water.[1] It was erroneously reported as a circular rift lake, as this area is not a rift zone but a volcanic area evident by the presence of nearby volcanic peaks like Musuan Peak [7 kilometres (4.3 mi) to the E], Mount Kalatungan [20 kilometres (12 mi) to the NW], Mount Dagumbaan [10 kilometres (6.2 mi) to the SW], Mount Kidongin [25 km (16 mi) to the SW] and the volcanic field east of Pangantucan, Bukidnon [7 kilometres (4.3 mi) to the west]. Another small volcanic cone is located just 2 km (1.2 mi) southwest of Lake Apo.[1]

See also

  • Lakes in the Philippines

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Apo Lake - Terrain map". Google Maps. Retrieved on 2012-05-13.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Places of interest". Province of Bukidnon Official Website. Retrieved on 2012-05-13.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "List of Lakes - Philippines". Retrieved 2008-10-16. 
  4. ↑ "Valencia City Tourism". City of Valencia, Bukidnon. Retrieved 2008-10-16. 
Major
Minor
Artificial
  • Ambuklao Reservoir
  • Binga Reservoir
  • Lake Caliraya
  • Chico Reservoir
  • La Mesa Reservoir
  • Labasin Lake
  • Lumot Lake
  • Magat Reservoir
  • Lake Pantabangan
  • Pulangi IV Reservoir
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