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What is a relatively small summit depression on a volcano marking a former eruptive vent?
A relatively small summit depression on a volcano marking a former eruptive vent is called a volcanic crater. It is typically shaped like a bowl or a funnel and is formed during explosive volcanic activity when the magma is ejected from the volcano. Craters can vary in size and can often contain a lake, known as a crater lake, or be filled with volcanic debris.
Was crater lake formed by a meteor?
Crater Lake is actually the crater of an extinct volcano. Water has filled in the cone crater.
Is crater lake on a volcano?
A volcano crater filled with water---CALDERA
What lake in Oregon was formed in an inactive volcano?
Crater lake
What type of volcano is craters of the moon?
Crater lake is in the caldera of a stratovolcano. The island in it, Wizard Island, is a cinder cone.
What is a relatively small summit depression on a volcano marking a former eruptive vent?
A relatively small summit depression on a volcano marking a former eruptive vent is called a volcanic crater. It is typically shaped like a bowl or a funnel and is formed during explosive volcanic activity when the magma is ejected from the volcano. Craters can vary in size and can often contain a lake, known as a crater lake, or be filled with volcanic debris.
Was crater lake formed by a meteor?
Crater Lake is actually the crater of an extinct volcano. Water has filled in the cone crater.
Is crater lake on a volcano?
A volcano crater filled with water---CALDERA
What was the volcano that made crater lake?
Crater Lake is in the caldera of Mount Mazama.
Is the volcano Crater Lake on a hotspot?
No. Mount Mazama, the volcano that holds Crater Lake, formed as a result of a subduction zone.
What is the lake in the crater of a volcano?
Taal Volcano in Philippines....
Is crater lake a shield volcano?
No. Crater Lake is in the caldera of Mount Mazama, which is a stratovolcano.
What type of volcano is Lake Rotorua?
crater lake....
What lake in Oregon was formed in an inactive volcano?
Crater lake
What are the dates for Crater Lake Volcano eruptions?
Crater Lake Volcano, also known as Mount Mazama had a massive eruption approximately 7,700 years ago, forming a deep caldera. The last known eruption took place about 4,800 years ago underwater.
What are craters and craters lakes?
A crater is the cup-shaped depression or cavity on the surface of the earth or other heavenly body marking the orifice of a volcano. And crater lake is the name of a caldera that turned into a lake in Mount Mazama in Klamath County, Oregon.
What volcanic events formed Crater Lake Oregon?
The large volcanic depression occupied by Crater Lake, Oregon is a
