caldera

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A caldera is formed when magma erupts or is otherwise taken out from beneath the ground.

From Los Angeles Times

Scientists recently discovered something surprising on the far side of the moon: a hot spot in a collapsed, long-extinct volcanic caldera.

From National Geographic

The caldera is dotted with 24 craters and is a much bigger volcano than the nearby Vesuvius, which destroyed the ancient Roman city of Pompeii in 79 AD.

From Reuters

The region is home to a caldera, a cauldron-shaped depression left behind by the eruption of a very large volcano.

From Seattle Times

Water from the lake percolated through nearby rocks and leached lithium into the caldera basin that was left as sediment after the lake dried up several hundred years ago.

From Washington Times