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caldera

[kal-der-uh, kawl-] / kælˈdɛr ə, kɔl- /
NOUN
crater
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Antonyms
STRONG


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Anak Krakatau, which means Child of Krakatoa, has been sporadically active since it emerged from the sea at the beginning of last century in the caldera formed after the 1883 eruption of Mount Krakatoa.

From BBC Sep. 7, 2026

The volcano has been sporadically active since it emerged from the sea at the beginning of last century in the caldera that formed after the 1883 eruption of Mount Krakatoa.

From Barron's Sep. 6, 2026

Anak Krakatoa, which means Child of Krakatoa, has been sporadically active since it emerged from the sea at the beginning of last century in the caldera formed after the 1883 eruption of Mount Krakatoa.

From BBC Sep. 6, 2026

The discovery, led by researchers at Kobe University, could improve understanding of enormous caldera systems such as Yellowstone in the United States and Toba in Indonesia.

From Science Daily Jul. 29, 2026

In particular what he couldn’t find was a structure known as a caldera.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

The proposed magma re-injection model aligns with observations of large, shallow magma systems beneath other major calderas such as Yellowstone and Toba.

From Science Daily Mar. 29, 2026

Earth MRI has already shown that lithium prospectors need not stick to calderas.

From Science Magazine Jun. 1, 2023

Relics of primordial geological violence are everywhere: plunging rifts and canyons, volcanic calderas, ancient lava flow and a vast, surreal, white desert, almost lunar.

From New York Times Nov. 4, 2022

The couple responsible for the film’s entrancing reels of explosions and rivers of molten rock — collected over decades of expeditions to active calderas around the globe — are French volcanologists Katia and Maurice Krafft.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 13, 2022

The lava in the calderas boils because of escaping steam, but the vapor emitted is comparatively little, and seldom hangs above the summits in heavy clouds.

From The Elements of Geology by William Harmon Norton




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