There is a Lake named Lake Disappointment in Australia. It was named by an explorer who followed creeks to it hoping for a freshwater source, but found a saltwater lake instead. Lake Disappointment is an ephemeral salt lake in Western Australia, which typically is dry except during very wet periods such as the 1900 floods […]
Lake Monoun is a lake in West Province, Cameroon, that lies in the Oku Volcanic Field 5.58°N 10.59°E. On August 15, 1984, the lake exploded in a limnic eruption, which resulted in the release of a large amount ofcarbon dioxide that killed 37 people. At first, the cause of the deaths was a mystery, and […]
Lake Nyos is a crater lake in the Northwest Region of Cameroon located about 315 km (196 mi) northwest of Yaoundé. on August 21, 1986, a limnic eruption occurred at Lake Nyos which triggered the sudden release of about 100,000 – 300,000 tonnes (some other sources state as much as 1.6 million tons) of CO2 […]
Lake Vostok is the largest of Antarctica’s almost 400 known subglacial lakes. Lake Vostok is located at the southern Pole of Cold, beneath Russia’s Vostok Station under the surface of the central East Antarctic Ice Sheet, which is at 3,488 m (11,444 ft) above mean sea level. Lake Vostok exclusive: RT inside Antarctic science lab […]
Taal Lake is a freshwater lake in the province of Batangas, on the island of Luzon in the Philippines. It fills Taal Caldera, a large volcanic caldera formed by very large eruptions between 500,000 and 100,000 years ago. It is the country’s third largest lake after Laguna de Bay and Lake Lanao. Volcano Island, the location […]
Although Finland has been named “land of 1000 lakes”, Norway’s numerous lakes does in fact far exceed Finland’s. About 450,000 lakes in Norway are identified, compared to a only 60,000 lakes in Finland! There are at least 450,000 fresh water lakes in Norway. Most were created by glacial erosion Various Sami and Norwegian language terms […]
Did you know that an entire lake was drained by accidentally drilling into an underground salt mine pulling full size container ships into the hole the lake name is Lake Peigneur. On November 20, 1980, a Texaco oil rig accidentally drilled into the Diamond Crystal Salt Company salt mine under the lake. Due to a miscalculation, the 14-inch […]