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What forms after the top of a volcano collapses?

When a volcanic cone collapses it forms a caldera.


What type of volcano is Aniakchak?

It is a volcanic caldera which is a large, bowl-shaped volcanic depression that forms when the top of a volcanic cone collapses into the space left after magma is ejected during a violent volcanic eruption.


When a volcano collapses into itself at its top it forms a?

CALDERA


On top of a volcanic mountain?

crater


What is on top of a volcanic mountain?

Crater


What forms when the top or side of a volcano collapses into the magma chamber?

Caldera


What forms when the top or side of volcano collapses into the magma chamber?

Caldera


What forms at the top of a volcanoe mountain when it collapses?

Most volcanoes, when they finish erupting, leave a crater behind when the magma retreats down the volcanic pipe. Occasionally this will fill with water to leave a lake.A large surface explosion will leave behind a Caldera - a broad area possibly still of geothermal activity. Such as Yellowstone, or Okataina.


What is the US state that is the top of a volcanic mountain?

It's Hawaii.


What is the large circular depression at the top of a volcano that forms when the roof of the magma chamber collapses?

Caldera.


What is formed when the top of a volcano collapses into a partially emptied magma chamber?

what happens is that it forms a caldera


Is table mountain a volcanic mountain?

No. Table Mountain is a mesa. It formed as a result of an erosion-resistant layer of sandstone at its top protecting the layers below.