GVP volcano 322160 · no holder yet
Crater Lake
Crater Lake is a 2,487 m caldera in the United States, last erupted around 2850 BCE.
- Type
- Caldera
- Summit
- 2,487 m above sea level
- Rock
- Dacite
- Setting
- Subduction zone, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 2850 BCE
- Largest known
- VEI 7, super-colossal, 5680 BCE
- Eruptions
- 5 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 42.94°N 122.11°W · United States
- Region
- High Cascades Volcanic Arc, North America Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 322160
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