Danau Toba / Lake Toba, Sumatra, Indonesia – A List of all Articles

1. Danau Toba I – Introduction / Overview 2. Danau Toba II – Geology 3. Danau Toba III – The Legend of Pusuk Buhit 4. Danau Toba IV – The Legend of Danau Toba 5. Danau Toba V – Toba Catastrophe Theory Sources Wikipedia Flickr http://tobaguide.com/places/pusuk-buhit-sacred-hill-for-all-bataknese http://tobaguide.com/culture/toba-lake-and-its-legend http://www.livescience.com/29130-toba-supervolcano-effects.html http://www.gobatak.com/en/this-is-it-batak-ritual-procession-in-batu-cawan-pusuk-buhit/ http://daysofbatak.blogspot.in/2012/01/pusuk-buhit-is-place-desceent-of-batak.html http://www.lonelyplanet.com/indonesia/sumatra/danau-toba en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Lake_Toba http://www.geo.mtu.edu/~raman/papers2/Toba%20QI.pdf (A Paper by Craig A. Cheshner) http://daysofbatak.wordpress.com/2012/01/16/pusuk-buhit-gunung-leluhur-batak/ […]

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Danau Toba V – Toba Catastrophe Theory

Toba Catastrophe Theory The Toba Eruption (a.k.a. The Toba Event) It was one of the last in the series of three calderas forming in this region The last eruption had an estimated VEI 8 It was the largest explosive volcanic eruption since last 25 million years Bill Rose & Craig Chesner of Michigan Technological University […]

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Danau Toba IV – The Legend of Danau Toba

Original Article here – http://folktales4u.blogspot.in/2011/05/legend-of-lake-toba.html Once upon a time, there was a young man named Toba. He lived alone and had no wife. He decided being single and didn’t get married, although his age was mature enough to a family. He had a narrow farm and a small hut not far from a lake. If […]

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Danau Toba III – The Legend of Pusuk Buhit

The Legend Of Pusuk Buhit The first Batak (local) man was born supernaturally on the summit of Pusuk Buhit (Sigullatti) He was known as King of Batak It is told that the King was able to turn into seven different faces Yet his real face was none of those seven faces He was born with […]

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Danau Toba II – Geology

Geology Also called as Toba Caldera Caldera is a volcanic feature usually formed by collapse of land following a volcanic eruption This word is derived from Spanish/Latin word calderia which means ‘cooking pot’ It was formed during the Quaternary Period This caldera consists of four overlapping volcanic craters that adjoin the Sumatran Volcanic Front An […]