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Malau Destination Guide

Touring Malau in Indonesia

Malau in the region of North Sumatra is located in Indonesia - some 831 mi or ( 1338 km ) North-West of Jakarta , the country's capital city .

Interactive map of Malau

Time in Malau is now 01:32 AM (Tuesday) . The local timezone is named " Asia/Jakarta " with a UTC offset of 7 hours. Depending on your budget, these more prominent places might be interesting for you: Sondi, Sidaji, Saribudolok, Parapat, and Panjaitan. Being here already, consider visiting Sondi . We collected some hobby film on the internet . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Check out our recommendations for Malau ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Sumatra, Samosir Island

10:00 min by Alexander Schatten
Views: 18707 Rating: 5.00

My last station at my Indonesia tour war Sumatra (for the first time); very impressive; one trip lead me to Samosir island on lake Toba. ..

Siborongborong traditional market

0:20 min by UNITA06
Views: 4731 Rating: 5.00

Our life in North Sumatra ..


Traditional Batak Dance

0:53 min by kiat0ongs0info
Views: 3850 Rating: 5.00

The traditional Batak Dance is performed at Museum Huta Bolon, Simanindo on Samosir Island (Mon-Sat 10.30-11.10, 11.45-12.30; Sun 11.45-12.30) and not to be missed by culturally inclined visitors to L ..

Lake Toba

2:40 min by KOLOMINA ILARGIGORRIA
Views: 1013 Rating: 5.00

Dia de excursion por Lake Toba en Moto. Xavi, Juanam y yo. ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Lake Sidihoni

Lake Sidihoni is a lake located within Samosir Island which itself is an island within Lake Toba, in North Sumatra, Indonesia and is therefore notable for being a "lake within a lake". It is approximately 11-12km to the east of hot spring pools at Pangururan.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 2.60 98.74 (Lat./Long.); Less than 7 km away
Tags: Lake Toba, Lakes of Indonesia, Sumatra

Samosir

For the Regency named Samosir, see Samosir Regency. Samosir, or Samosir Island, is a large volcanic island in Lake Toba, located in the north of the island of Sumatra in Indonesia. Administratively, Samosir Island is governed as six of the nine districts within Samosir Regency. The lake and island were formed after the eruption of a supervolcano some 75,000 years ago. The island was originally connected to the surrounding caldera wall by a small isthmus, which was cut through to aid navigation.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 2.58 98.82 (Lat./Long.); Less than 15 km away
Tags: Batak, Islands of Sumatra, Lake Toba, Lake islands of Asia

Dolok Sanggul

Dolok Sanggul is a town in North Sumatra province of Indonesia and it is the seat (capital) of Humbang Hasundutan Regency.

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Located at 2.53 98.82 (Lat./Long.); Less than 18 km away
Tags: Populated places in North Sumatra, Regency capitals of Indonesia

Lake Toba

Lake Toba is a lake and supervolcano. The lake is 100 kilometres long, 30 kilometres wide, and up to 505 metres (1,666 ft) deep. Located in the middle of the northern part of the Indonesian island of Sumatra with a surface elevation of about 900 metres, the lake stretches from {{#invoke:Coordinates|coord}}{{#coordinates:2.88|N|98.52|E||||| | |name= }} to {{#invoke:Coordinates|coord}}{{#coordinates:2.35|N|99.1|E||||| | |name= }}.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 2.68 98.88 (Lat./Long.); Less than 20 km away
Tags: Batak, Crater lakes, Lake Toba, Lakes of Indonesia, Subduction volcanoes, Supervolcanoes, VEI-8 volcanoes, Volcanic calderas of Indonesia, Volcanoes of Sumatra

Toba catastrophe theory

The Toba supereruption (Youngest Toba Tuff or simply YTT) was a supervolcanic eruption that occurred sometime between 69,000 and 77,000 years ago at Lake Toba. It is recognized as one of the Earth's largest known eruptions. The related catastrophe hypothesis holds that this event caused a global volcanic winter of 6–10 years and possibly a 1,000-year-long cooling episode. The Toba event is the most closely studied supereruption.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 2.68 98.88 (Lat./Long.); Less than 20 km away
Tags: Extinction events, Geology theories, Human evolution, Lake Toba, Prehistoric Indonesia, Supervolcanoes, VEI-8 volcanoes, Volcanic events