page_title: Caldera
section_title: List of volcanic calderas
hierarchical_section_title: Caldera / List of volcanic calderas
caption_attribution_description: English: Lake Taupo in New Zealand's North Island
context_page_description: A caldera is a large cauldron-like hollow that forms shortly after the emptying of a magma chamber/reservoir in a volcanic eruption. When large volumes of magma are erupted over a short time, structural support for the rock above the magma chamber is lost. The ground surface then collapses downward into the emptied or partially emptied magma chamber, leaving a massive depression at the surface. Although sometimes described as a crater, the feature is actually a type of sinkhole, as it is formed through subsidence and collapse rather than an explosion or impact. Only seven caldera-forming collapses are known to have occurred since 1900, most recently at Bárðarbunga volcano, Iceland in 2014.
context_section_description: Africa
  Ngorongoro Crater (Tanzania)
  Menengai Crater (Kenya)
  Mount Elgon (Uganda/Kenya)
  Mount Fogo (Cape Verde)
  Mount Longonot (Kenya)
  Mount Meru (Tanzania)
  Erta Ale (Ethiopia)
  Nabro Volcano (Eritrea)
  Mallahle (Eritrea)
  See Europe for calderas in the Canary Islands
  Americas
  Argentina
  Aguas Calientes, Salta Province
  Caldera del Atuel, Mendoza Province
  Galán, Catamarca Province
  United States  
  Mount Aniakchak (Aniakchak National Monument and Preserve) (Alaska)
  Crater Lake on Mount Mazama (Crater Lake National Park, Oregon)
  Mount Katmai (Alaska)
  La Garita Caldera (Colorado)
  Long Valley (California)
  Henry's Fork Caldera (Idaho)
  Island Park Caldera (Idaho, Wyoming)
  Newberry Volcano (Oregon)
  McDermitt Caldera (Oregon)
  Mount Okmok (Alaska)
  Valles Caldera (New Mexico)
  Yellowstone Caldera (Wyoming)
  Canada
  Silverthrone Caldera (British Columbia)
  Mount Edziza (British Columbia)
  Bennett Lake Volcanic Complex (British Columbia/Yukon)
  Mount Pleasant Caldera (New Brunswick)
  Sturgeon Lake Caldera (Ontario)
  Mount Skukum Volcanic Complex (Yukon)
  Blake River Megacaldera Complex (Quebec/Ontario)
  New Senator Caldera (Quebec)
  Misema Caldera (Ontario/Quebec)
  Noranda Caldera (Quebec)
  Colombia
  Arenas crater caldera, Nevado del Ruiz volcano, Caldas Department
  Laguna Verde caldera, Azufral volcano, Narino Department
  Mexico
  La primavera Caldera (Jalisco)
  Amealco Caldera (Querétaro)
  Las Cumbres Caldera (Veracruz-Puebla)
  Los Azufres Caldera (Michoacán)
  Los Humeros Caldera (Veracruz-Puebla)
  Mazahua Caldera (Mexico State)
  Chile
  Chaitén
  Cordillera Nevada Caldera
  Laguna del Maule
  Pacana Caldera
  Sollipulli
  Ecuador
  Pululahua Geobotanical Reserve
  Cuicocha
  Quilotoa
  Fernandina Island, Galápagos Islands
  Sierra Negra (Galápagos)
  El Salvador 
  Lake Ilopango
  Lake Coatepeque
  Guatemala
  Lake Amatitlán
  Lake Atitlán
  Xela
  Barahona
  Other
  Masaya (Nicaragua)
  Asia
  East Asia
  Dakantou Caldera (大墈头) (Shanhuyan Village, Taozhu Town, Linhai, Zhejiang, China)
  Ma'anshan Caldera (马鞍山) (Shishan Town (石山镇), Xiuying, Hainan, China)
  Yiyang Caldera (宜洋) (Shuangxi Town (双溪镇宜洋村), Pingnan County, Fujian, China)
  Aira Caldera (Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan)
  Kussharo (Hokkaido, Japan)
  Kuttara (Hokkaido, Japan)
  Mashū (Hokkaido, Japan)
  Aso Caldera, Mount Aso (Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan)
  Kikai Caldera (Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan)
  Towada (Aomori Prefecture, Japan)
  Tazawa (Akita Prefecture, Japan)
  Hakone (Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan)
  Mount Halla (Jeju-do, South Korea)
  Heaven Lake (Baekdu Mountain, North Korea)
  Southeast Asia 
  Apolaki Caldera (Benham Rise, Philippines)
  Corregidor Caldera (Manila Bay, Philippines)
  Mount Pinatubo (Luzon, Philippines)
  Taal Volcano (Luzon, Philippines)
  Laguna Caldera (Luzon, Philippines)
  Irosin Caldera (Luzon, Philippines)
  Batur (Bali, Indonesia)
  Krakatoa (Sunda Strait, Indonesia)
  Lake Maninjau (Sumatra, Indonesia)
  Lake Toba (Sumatra, Indonesia)
  Mount Rinjani (Lombok, Indonesia)
  Mount Tondano (Sulawesi, Indonesia)
  Mount Tambora (Sumbawa, Indonesia)
  Tengger Caldera (Java, Indonesia)
  Southwest Asia
  Derik (Mardin, Turkey)
  Nemrut (volcano) (Turkey)
  Russia 
  Akademia Nauk (Kamchatka Peninsula)
  Golovnin (Kuril Islands)
  Karymsky Caldera (Kamchatka Peninsula)
  Khangar (Kamchatka Peninsula)
  Ksudach (Kamchatka Peninsula)
  Kurile Lake (Kamchatka Peninsula)
  Lvinaya Past (Kuril Islands)
  Tao-Rusyr Caldera (Kuril Islands)
  Uzon (Kamchatka Peninsula)
  Zavaritski Caldera (Kuril Islands)
  Yankicha/Ushishir (Kuril Islands)
  Chegem Caldera (Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, Northern Caucasus Region)
  Europe  
  Banská Štiavnica (Slovakia)
  Bakuriani/Didveli Caldera (Georgia)
  Samsari (Georgia)
  Santorini (Greece)
  Nisyros (Greece)
  Askja (Iceland)
  Grímsvötn (Iceland)
  Bárðarbunga (Iceland)
  Katla (Iceland)
  Krafla (Iceland)
  Phlegraean Fields (Italy)
  Lake Bracciano (Italy)
  Lake Bolsena (Italy)
  Mount Somma which contains Mount Vesuvius (Italy)
  Las Cañadas (Tenerife, Spain)
  Glen Coe (Scotland)
  Scafell Caldera (Lake District, England)
  Laacher See (Germany)
  Lagoa das Sete Cidades & Furnas (São Miguel, the Azores, Portugal)
  Oceania 
  Cerberean caldera (Australia)
  Dakataua (Papua New Guinea)
  Kapenga (New Zealand)
  Kilauea
caption: Satellite photo of Lake Taupo
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