Lake Balinsasayao

Lake Balinsasayao is one of three crater lakes rising 1000ft above sea level located within the Balinsasayao Twin Lakes Natural Park, an 8,016.05ha protected area covering the municipalities of Valencia, Sibulan, and San Jose in the province of Negros Oriental, Philippines.HistoryLake Balinsasayao, Lake Danao, and Lake Kabalin-an are part of Balinsasayao Twin Lakes Natural Park, a protected area totaling 8016ha created on 21 November 2000 by virtue of Proclamation No. 414 signed by former President Joseph Estrada. It lies within the municipalities of Valencia, Sibulan, and San Jose in the province of Negros Oriental.GeographyThe lakes are situated northwest of a narrow mountain ridge, in a caldera formed by four mountains: Mount Mahungot to the south, Mount Kalbasan to the north, Mount Balinsasayao to the east and Guintabon Dome to the west. A normal fault separates Lakes Balinsasayao and Danao while and another fault, the Amlan, is about west of Danao. Four geologic faults also intersect the southern edge of Lake Danao, whose water level is lower than that of Balinsasayao.