Where did the name come from for Taal Volcano?

Answer 1

So once upon a time, there was a little tiny seahorse, who was much smaller than all his siblings and seahorse friends. He wished and wished and wished to be a taller seahorse and on his 6th birthday he found a bottle and examined it and out popped a genie. He was so excited, he immediately wished to be a taller than his friends, so he could now look down on them. The genie did not quite understand him, so instead of making him a taller seahorse, he gave the seahorse his own lake on the top of a huge mountain in the middle of where he used to live to make him taller than all his friends. The seahorse was very angry for not having gotten any taller himself and swam furiously around his new lake, so fast and so much, he created bubbles and heated up all the water. The genie also became very upset that the seahorse was so mad, that he decided to try to ruin the mountain he made for him. One of the seahorses friends overheard the genies words and begged him to not ruin the huge mountain so that his friend would live. The genie decided he would destroy as much as he could without hurting the seahorse. So he blew it up, making it very small, but one of the rocks from the eruption ended up falling into the middle of the lake, almost killing the seahorse. So now, whenever the seahorse says its okay, the genie blows up the little mountain, throwing rocks and ash into the air to try to let the seahorse come back down out of his own private lake and play with his friends." courtesy of Shannon sweeney

Answer 2

The name "Taal" comes from the local Tagalog word "taal," which means "lake." The volcano is named Taal because it is situated in the middle of Taal Lake in the Philippines.

Answer 3

from taal lake