Lake Apo is a crater lake in Barangay Guinoyoran in the city of

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in the

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. It is located in a hilly area about in elevation, about WSW of the city ''

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'' (town center). Lake Apo was awarded the cleanest inland body of water in

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Region (Region X) in the late 1990s. The green body of water has an estimated area of with maximum depths reaching up to .

Etymology

The name of the lake come from the bisaya term ''apo'', meaning elder or grandparent. According to legend, there was a man living in the mountains who assaulted his granddaughter and was punished by the mountain deities for his disrespectful act by flooding the area forming the Lake Apo.

Geology

The lake is a crater lake, a basin formed on an old volcanic cone that was later filled with water. It was erroneously reported as a circular rift lake, as this area is not a

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but a volcanic area evident by the presence of nearby volcanic peaks like Musuan Peak ( to the E), Mount Kalatungan ( to the NW), Mount Dagumbaan ( to the SW), Mount Kidongin ( to the SW), and the

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east of Pangantucan, Bukidnon ( to the west). Another small volcanic cone is located just southwest of Lake Apo.

Incidents

* March 29, 2015 – 2 teens were drowned after trying to cross the lake using a small bamboo raft; the said bodies were recovered on April 1.

References

Apo Apo Landforms of Bukidnon Tourist attractions in Bukidnon Valencia, Bukidnon {{NMindanao-geo-stub

Etymology

Geology

Incidents

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