caldera
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Lake Taupō, from which the town takes its name, is a large caldera, a volcano that has collapsed in on itself.
From BBC • May 20, 2025
Erebus is only a 20-minute helicopter ride from McMurdo, so since the 1960s scientists have studied the volcano and the lava lake that roils within its caldera, occasionally tossing out “bombs” of molten rock.
From Science Magazine • Dec. 2, 2024
The area surrounding the caldera has been closed to the public since 2008 because of other hazards, including ground cracking, instability in the crater wall and rockfalls.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 3, 2024
As the reservoir depleted, the ground above it -- the crater within the caldera at the volcano's summit -- suddenly collapsed.
From Science Daily • May 27, 2024
As soon as Christiansen saw the photos he realized why he had failed to spot the caldera: virtually the whole park–2.2 million acres–was caldera.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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