The boiling lake always bubbling with grayish-blue water

Founded in July 1975, Morne Trois Pitons National Park is a World Heritage  of Dominica, in the Caribbean . Located on the campus of the national park approximately 7000 hectares are 5 active volcanoes and dozens of hot springs but  the most notable is famous Boiling Lake .

Boiling lake is filled with gray-blue water bubbles at temperatures of 90°C. The water is heated by hot gases escaping from the molten lava in below. On the surface of the lake often covered by cloud steam column. Because the water in lake is full annual for rainfall is quite high and has two small streams flowing into the region. Water seeps into the lava and heated until it reaches boiling point. Therefore, water level always  have fluctuations. The lake has diameter of 76 meters, is the second largest boiling lake in the world after  Frying Pan lake at Waimagu Valley, near Rototua, New Zealand.

The lake was first discovered in 1875 by two Englishmen working in Dominica. Later that year, the local government sent a botanist and one of them came to the research  on this natural phenomenon. They measure water temperature and found that the water temperature is always reached from 82 to 92 ° C in all positions but can not accurately measure the water temperature in the middle of the lake because they always boiled. Lake is estimated to deep 60 meters .

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This lake has disappear after a volcanic eruption at the neighborhood in 1880, became a heated and gas nozzle. In 2004 - 2005 , surface of areas appear large variability. The ground suddenly collapsed to deep 10 meters and the lake reappeared after just one day.


Dangers always lurking , but hot water is still popular tourist destination . Today, there is no straight road to the lake. In order to come here, tourists must come through 13 kms dangerous road, crossing the sulfur springs and valleys. However, the spectacular view below will be rewards for those brave guest pass journey that it is not easy.