🌊 Mapanuepe Lake

Philippines · Asia · 14.98°N, 120.29°E

Mapanuepe Lake is a freshwater lake located in the municipality of San Marcelino, Zambales in the Philippines. The lake was created after the cataclysmic eruption of Mount Pinatubo in 1991. Lahars following the eruption blocked the drainage of Mapanuepe River, south of the volcano, flooding Mapanuepe Valley together with its settlements. Only the steeple of a local village chapel protrudes from the lake’s surface.

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Quick facts

Country	Philippines
Continent / region	Asia
Surface elevation	unknown
Coordinates (approx.)	14.98°N, 120.29°E · view on map

Mapanuepe Lake in Philippines, in Asia. The full story of this lake is described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

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