MADAGASCAR

MADAGASCAR / REPOBLIKA MALAGASY.

1st Malagasy Philatelic Exhibition, Tananarive, May 1962. Tourism. Tritriva Lake.
Second stamp in a set of 4, issued on 07.05.1962.
Face value: 30 Malagasy francs.
Printing: Recess.

Catalogues
- Michel No. 479.
- StampWorld No. 528.
- Stanley Gibbons, No. R 41.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 366.

Lake Tritriva is a volcanic lake in southwest-central Madagascar, in the region of Vàkinankàratra. The lake fills an extinct cráter in a region notable also for the presence of many hot springs. It sits in the vent of an oval volcanic cone enclosed in vertical gneiss cliffs. The rim of the cone is about 2000 m (6,600 ft) above sea level, while the surface of the lake is approximately 50 m (160 ft) below the rim. The lake's water level drops during the rainy season and rises when the monsoon rains have ceased.