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Crater Lake ( Klamath: Giiwas) [ 2] is a volcanic crater lake in south-central Oregon in the Western United States. It is the main feature of Crater Lake National Park and is famous for its deep blue color and water clarity. The lake partly fills a 2,148-foot-deep (655 m) caldera [ 3] that was formed around 7,700 (± 150) years ago [ 4] by the ...
Established in 1902, Crater Lake is the fifth-oldest national park in the United States and the only national park in Oregon. [ 3] The park encompasses the caldera of Crater Lake, a remnant of Mount Mazama, a destroyed volcano, and the surrounding hills and forests. The lake is 1,949 feet (594 m) deep at its deepest point, [ 4] which makes it ...
Celsius. / -34.1; 20.1. Celsius is a small lunar impact crater that is located in the rugged terrain in the southern hemisphere on the Moon 's near side. It is named after Swedish astronomer, physicist and mathematician Anders Celsius. [1] It lies less than one crater diameter to the south-southwest of the crater Zagut, and due north of Büsching .
Dallol (hydrothermal system) / 14.24167°N 40.30000°E / 14.24167; 40.30000. The colorful hydrothermal pools and terraces of Dallol, Ethiopia. Note how the colors of the site change from white and light green to yellow, orange and red, due to the variable oxidation of inorganic iron. Dallol is a unique, terrestrial hydrothermal system ...
The Old Man of the Lake is a 30-foot (9 m) tall tree stump, most likely a hemlock, that has been bobbing vertically in Oregon 's Crater Lake since at least 1896. The stump is about 2 feet (61 cm) in diameter at the waterline and stands approximately 4 feet (1.2 m) above the water. Its surface has been bleached white due to photodegradation.
Halemaʻumaʻu Crater Lake in October 2019, the yellow water is the result of dissolved minerals and sulfur. 2008 Map of Kīlauea Caldera with Halemaʻumaʻu lower left. Halemaʻumaʻu ( six syllables: HAH-lay-MAH-oo-MAH-oo) is a pit crater within the much larger Kīlauea Caldera at the summit of Kīlauea volcano on island of Hawaiʻi.
Wizard Island is a volcanic cinder cone which forms an island at the west end of Crater Lake in Crater Lake National Park, Oregon. The top of the island reaches 6,933 feet (2,113 m) above sea level, about 755 feet (230 m) above the average surface of the lake. The cone is capped by a volcanic crater about 500 feet (150 m) wide and 100 feet (30 ...
Oregon: Crater Lake National Park. One of the nation's oldest national parks, Crater Lake is home to the deepest lake in the United States. The lake fills the caldera of a dormant volcano, and ...