Lake Toba is a large tekto-volcanic natural lake that occupies the caldera of a supervulkan. This lake has a length of about 100 kilometers, a width of about 30 kilometers, and a depth of up to 505 meters (16666 feet), located in North Sumatra Province, Indonesia. Lake Toba is the largest lake in Indonesia and Southeast Asia. In the middle of this lake there is a volcanic island called Samosir Island.

Danau Toba adalah sebuah danau alam besar tekto-vulkanik yang menempati kaldera dari sebuah supervulkan. Danau ini memiliki ukuran panjang sekitar 100 kilometer, lebar sekitar 30 kilometer, dan kedalaman hingga 505 meter (1.666 kaki), terletak di Provinsi Sumatera Utara, Indonesia. Danau Toba merupakan danau terbesar di Indonesia dan Asia Tenggara. Di tengah danau ini terdapat sebuah pulau vulkanik bernama Pulau Samosir.

Search and rescue victims KM Sinar Bangun sinking in Lake Toba, North Sumatra continued. The search is considered quite challenging because of the very deep condition of Lake Toba.

Pencarian dan penyelamatan korban tenggelamnya KM Sinar Bangun di Danau Toba, Sumatera Utara terus dilakukan. Pencarian dinilai cukup menantang karena kondisi Danau Toba yang amat dalam.

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Benar Atau Salah | Badai Dahsyat Danau Toba Sehari setelah Ikan Mas Raksasa 14 Kg Ditangkap

Kepala Badan Nasional Pencarian dan Pertolongan atau Basarnas Marsekal Madya TNI M Syaugi menyatakan, pihaknya telah menerjunkan penyelam untuk melakukan pencarian korban. Sejumlah peralatan pendukung pun digunakan.

Head of National Agency for Search and Relief or Basarnas Marshal TNI M Syaugi said it had deployed divers to search for victims. A number of supporting tools were used.

Namun, kata Syaugi, Danau Toba memiliki kedalaman sekira 300 hingga 500 meter. Airnya pun keruh dan sangat dingin, yang menjadi tantangan tersendiri dalam proses penyelaman.

However, said Syaugi, Lake Toba has a depth of about 300 to 500 meters. The water was cloudy and very cold, which became a challenge in the diving process.

"Di dalam sudah diselami sampai 50 meter masih belum ditemukan apa-apa karena cukup gelap di dalam. Airnya keruh dan dingin sekali," ujar Syaugi dalam konferensi pers di Posko Nasional Angkutan Lebaran 2018 di Kantor Kementerian Perhubungan, Jakarta, Rabu (20/6/2018).

"In the already dive up to 50 meters is still not found anything because it is quite dark inside. The water is cloudy and cold," said Syaugi in a press conference at Lebaran Transportation National Posts 2018 at the Ministry of Transportation Office, Jakarta, Wednesday (20/6 / 2018).

Seorang budayawan muda Batak, Rismon Raja Mangatur Sirait percaya bahwa badai besar dan tenggelamnya Kapal Motor Sinar Bangun terkait dengan penangkapan ikan mas raksasa oleh masyarakat sekitar Danau Toba sehari sebelumnya.

A young Batak culturist, Rismon Raja Mangatur Sirait believes that the massive storm and sinking of the Sinar Bangun Motor Vessel are linked to massive carp fishing by communities around Lake Toba a day earlier.

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Tulisan Sirait tentang kaitan ikan mas raksasa dan kecelakaan kapal di akun Facebook-nya itu viral dan dibagikan ribuan kali sejak dimuat Rabu (20/6/2018) siang.

Sirait's writing about the giant carp hook and ship crash on his Facebook account was viral and distributed thousands of times since it was published Wednesday (20/6/2018) afternoon.

Menurut Sirait, Minggu (17/6/2018) sekitar pukul 16.30, seorang pemancing di Tao Silalahi, Desa Paropo, Kecamatan Silahi Sabungan, Kabupaten Dairi, mendapatkan ikan mas seberat 14 Kg.

**According to Sirait, Sunday (17/06/2018) at around 16.30, an angler at Tao Silalahi, Paropo Village, Silahi Sabungan Subdistrict, Dairi District, got a goldfish weighing 14 Kg.