Temenggor Lake

Temenggor Lake
Tasik Temenggor
Temenggor Lake
Tasik Temenggor
LocationHulu Perak District, Perak, Peninsular Malaysia
Coordinates5°19′N 101°12′E / 5.31°N 101.20°E / 5.31; 101.20
TypeReservoir
Primary inflowsPerak River
Primary outflowsPerak River
Basin countriesMalaysia
IslandsBanding Island and several hundred other unnamed or unknown islands in the lake

Temenggor Lake (Malay: Tasik Temenggor) is a lake in Hulu Perak District, Perak, Malaysia. It is the second largest lake in Peninsular Malaysia after Kenyir Lake in Hulu Terengganu District, Terengganu. This man-made lake is located south of the 1,533 m high Ulu Titi Basah peak. The lake was created by the construction of Temenggor Dam to generate electric power. The lake is located about 45 km from the Hulu Perak district capital, Gerik. There is a bridge on the East-West Highway, which crosses the lake and passing through a man-made island called Banding Island (Pulau Banding).