Boiling Lake

The Boiling Lake is a lake 10.5 km east of the capital Roseau, Dominica. It lies at an altitude of 800 meters above sea level and is 59 meters deep. With a diameter of 60 m, the Boiling Lake is the second largest hot spring in the world; greater is the Frying Pan Lake in New Zealand.

The lake is fed by two smaller tributaries and by rainwater.

In 1870 the lake of Mr. Watt and Dr. Nicholls, two Englishmen who worked at that time in Dominica, examined for the first time. Commissioned in 1875 to H. Prestoe and Dr. Nicholls to explore the lake. They found that on the shores of the lake, the temperature is from 82 to 91.5 ° C. They could not measure the lake but in the middle, where the lake actively boiling.

  • Lake in North America
  • Lake on Dominica
  • Thermal source
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