Lake Tondano

Lake Tondano is the largest lake in North Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Lake Tondano
Lake Tondano
Lake Tondano
Location	North Sulawesi, Indonesia
Coordinates	1.225°N 124.900°E / 1.225; 124.900
Type	lake
Surface elevation	600 m (2,000 ft)

The lake is approximately 36 kilometres (22 mi) from the city of Manado and is 600 metres (2,000 ft) above sea level.^[1]

In recent years there have been reports of decreasing water levels at Lake Tondano; from 1934 when it was 40 metres (130 ft), to 1993 to 23 metres (75 ft), 18 metres (59 ft) in 1996 and 12 metres (39 ft) in 2010.^[2]

The halfbeak fish Tondanichthys kottelati and calanoid copepod Phyllodiaptomus sulawesensis are endemic to the lake.^[3]