Do You Know Boiling Lake?
People who visit Boiling Lake usually have a hot time.
Boiling Lake is located in the Morne Trois Pitons National Park on the island of Dominica in the Caribbean Sea.
The lake is a flooded fumarole which is an opening in the earth’s crust that emits steam and gases such as carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide, hydrochloric acid, and hydrogen sulfide.
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Boiling Lake is 200 feet wide and has been measured to a depth of 195 feet and is filled with bubbling greyish-blue water that has been measured at 180 to 197 degrees Fahrenheit around the edges. The lake is often covered in a vapor cloud that can be seen from far away
or the lake’s edge.
The lake was “discovered” in 1870 by two Englishmen working in Dominica at that time and in 1875 a team was sent to investigate the natural phenomenon. Water levels in the lake fluctuate greatly over time as it was almost empty in 2006 but is filled back up in 2009. Boiling Lake is believed to be the second largest lake of its kind after Lake Waimangu in New Zealand.
Boiling Lake is not easily accessible and is a 7 to 8 mile hike over mountains and through gorges from the nearest road. It is reportedly a strenuous hike to reach Boiling Lake and you are sure to get wet and dirty along the way but can also relax in one of the hot springs along the trail.
In 2007, Canadian adventurer George Kourounis crossed over the the most violently boiling section of the lake suspended by ropes for the Outdoor Life Network’s reality television program “Angry Planet”. (Outdoor Life Network or OLN is now called Versus.)
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2 Responses to “Do You Know Boiling Lake?”
On March 10, 2009 at 1:45 pm
So you can actually get in? Some of these are too hot to get in. Anyway, it looks amazing.
On March 11, 2009 at 12:04 am
Goodness, is that safe?
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