Lake Tikub (also known as Lake Ticub, Lake Ticob,Silva, Nestor (2009-06-27)"Endowment for Rina" . Beta Sigma Fraternity. Retrieved on 2011-01-14. Lake TikobSison, Brian (2010-03-04). "Lake Tikob" . Anything Under the Sun. Retrieved on 2010-01-14. or Lake Ticab"Banahaw - Synonyms & Subfeatures". Global Volcanism Program. Retrieved on 2011-01-14.) is a nearly circular crater lake located in the province of Quezon, in the Philippines. The circumference of the lake is elevated and thick with foliage that steeply slopes down to the shore of the lake. The lake is located at the foot of Mount Malepunyo, and nearby is Mount Banahaw, in Brgy. Ayusan, in the town of Tiaong. Access to the lake is through Brgy. San Pedro.Borgy. "Tiaong Map" . Tiaong Quezon Web Site. Retrieved on 2011-01-14.
Geology Lake Tikub is a maar or a low-profile volcano created by phreatomagmatic eruption or the interaction between groundwater and magma underneath the Earth's surface. Like the seven lakes of San Pablo, Laguna, which is about away, the lake is one of the monogenetic volcanoes located in the Laguna Volcanic Field.Wernstedt, Frederick L. and Spancer, J.E. (1967). "Philippine Island World: a physical, cultural and regional geography", p.21. University of California Press. Retrieved on 2011-01-15.
References
External links Geographic data related to Lake Tikub at OpenStreetMap Literature of the Philippines - Legend of Lake Ticob