volcanic crater
Mountain's explosive depression
A volcanic crater is the bowl-shaped depression at the summit or on the flank of a volcano, formed by explosive eruption or collapse.
Craters mark the vent where magma and gases escape.
They range from small pits to calderas miles wide.
Steam still rises from the volcanic crater.
- calderaCollapsed volcanic summit basin
- stratovolcanoLayered cone-shaped volcanic mountain
- Mount VesuviusActive volcano near Naples
- cinder coneSteep volcanic debris hill
- fumaroleVolcanic gas vent
steam vent · sulfur smell · magma chamber · ashfall · pyroclastic flow · volcanology · tephra · eruption · lava flow · lahar · magma · vent · molten · geothermal · plume · cone · pit · fire pit
- volcanoesMount Fuji, caldera, lava, Etna, ash
- African landscapesSahara, Serengeti, savanna, Sahel, Kalahari
- Extreme PlacesDeath Valley, Mariana Trench, Mount Everest, Antarctica, Sahara Desert
- Extreme Terrainabyss, arctic, Antarctic, Antarctica, Death Valley
- mountain scenerypeak, summit, ridge, snow cap, cliff edge
- natural wondersnorthern lights, aurora borealis, auroras, rainbows, Great Barrier Reef
topographic form
volcanic cratervolcanic peak
Top of erupting mountain
mountain summit · volcanic cone · volcanic dome · butte · mesa