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Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Lava Lake

Lava lakes are large volumes of molten lava, usually basaltic, contained in a volcanic vent, crater, or broad depression. The term is used to describe both lava lakes that are wholly or partly molten and those that are solidified. Lava lakes can form in three ways:

  1. From one or more vents in a crater that erupts enough lava to partially fill the crater
  2. When lava pours into a crater or broad depression and partially fills the crater
  3. Atop a new vent that erupts lava continuously for a period of several weeks or more and slowly builds a crater higher and higher above the surrounding ground.

As of 2010 there were five volcanoes with persistent lava lakes in the world:

  • Erta Ale, Ethiopia
  • Mount Erebus, Antarctica
  • Kīlauea, Hawaii
  • Nyiragongo, Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Marum, Ambrym, Vanuatu

List of meteor crater lakes

List of meteor crater lakes:
Lake Location
Lonar crater lake India
Lake Manicouagan Canada
Lake Kaali Estonia
Lake Siljan Sweden
Dellen Sweden

List of volcanic crater lakes

List of volcanic crater lakes:
Crater Lake Location
Lagoa das Sete Cidades Portugal, Azores
Laacher See Germany, Eifel
Blue Lake Australia, South Australia
Lake Wisdom Papua New Guinea, Papua New Guinea
Lake of Albano Italy
Lake Nemi Italy
Lake Avernus Italy
Lake Bolsena Italy
Lake Vico Italy
Lake Bracciano Italy
Lago de Amatitlán Guatemala
Lake Ipala Guatemala
Lago de Atitlán Guatemala
Laguna de Ayarza Guatemala
Laguna de Calderas (Pacaya) Guatemala
Laguna Chicabal Guatemala
Lago de Coatepeque (Coatepeque Lake) El Salvador
Laguna Verde (Apaneca, Sonsonate) El Salvador
Lago De Ilopango (Ilopango Lake) El Salvador
Cuicocha Ecuador
Heaven Lake (Chonji / Tianchi) North Korea / China
Ijen Indonesia
Lake Toba Indonesia
Segara Anak Indonesia
Kelut Indonesia
Lago Los Espinos Mexico
Volcán Irazú Costa Rica
Mount Katmai United States, Alaska
Green Lake, Kapoho Crater, Kīlauea United States, Hawaii
Yellowstone Lake United States, Wyoming
Crater Lake United States, Oregon
Medicine Lake Volcano United States, California
Newberry Volcano United States, Oregon
Laguna del Maule Chile
Rano Kau Chile, Rapa Nui (Easter Island)
Rano Raraku Chile, Rapa Nui (Easter Island)
Kerið Iceland
Kurile Lake Russia (Kamchatka)
Nazko Cone Canada
Nemrut Turkey
Lake Sfânta Ana Romania
Lake Nyos Cameroon
Lake Pinatubo Philippines
Taal Lake Philippines
Mount Ruapehu New Zealand
Lake Taupo New Zealand
Lake Shikotsu Japan
Towada Japan
Mashu Japan
Tazawa Japan
Soufrière Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint Vincent (island)
Eyjafjallajökull (volcano) Iceland
Lake Wenchi Ethiopia
White Deer Lake (Baengnokdam) South Korea
Lagoa do Fogo Portugal

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