page_title: Lava lake
hierarchical_section_title: Lava lake
caption_attribution_description: The Kupaianaha lava pond in December 1986. Cracks zigzag across the thin crust on the pond revealing the molten rock below. The entrance to the lava tube that carried lava toward the sea is at the end of the long neck on the pond. The circular part of the pond is about 100 m in diameter. (https://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/gallery/kilauea/erupt/2553005_caption.html)
context_page_description: 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.
context_section_description: 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 (sometimes referred to as frozen lava lakes in this case).
caption: Aerial view of a lava lake atop the Kūpaʻianahā vent on the east rift zone of Kīlauea volcano. Since the collapse of the Halemaʻumaʻu and Pu'u O'o craters in 2018, Kīlauea currently has no active lava lakes.
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