Meromictic lake @ Kerachut Beach (Penang), This is a unique lake that can be found only in Penang National Park in Malaysia. As a matter of fact, the lake is only available at 19 places around the world.
'Meromictic' refers to the two layers of sea and river water is which does not mix with each other. Fresh water is relatively lower in density as compared to the hypersaline sea water. This lake is covering an area of 2.77km square with a maximum depth of 9 feet. In full capacity, the lake can provide water of 2,500 household for one year.
Twilight was not tat awesome but we (Victor Tong , Aaron Tan ,Ivan Ng) had a great fun at the lake & beach .. the best part was the boat ride to this Kerachut beach ... A great place for camping and worth visiting cause its only 1 in Malaysia and only 19 places around the world .. Btw u can swim in this lake .. !!
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