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==List of volcanic calderas== {{See also|Category:Calderas}} ===Africa=== [[File:Nabro and Mallahle Volcanoes-NASA.jpg|thumb|right|NASA [[False-colour]] topographical relief image of Nabro (top) and Mallahle volcanic calderas (centre left)]] * [[Ngorongoro Crater]] (Tanzania) * [[Menengai]] Crater (Kenya) * [[Mount Elgon]] (Uganda/Kenya) * [[Mount Fogo]] (Cape Verde) * [[Mount Longonot]] (Kenya) * [[Mount Meru (Tanzania)|Mount Meru]] (Tanzania) * [[Erta Ale]] (Ethiopia) * [[Nabro Volcano]] (Eritrea) * [[Mallahle]] (Eritrea) * ''See ''Europe'' for calderas in the Canary Islands and the Azores'' ===Antarctica=== [[File:Deception island.jpg|thumb|Satellite image of [[Deception Island]] by [[Sentinel-2]] (March 2023)]] * [[Deception Island]] * [[Kemp Caldera]] ===Asia=== [[File:Mount Tambora Volcano, Sumbawa Island, Indonesia.jpg|thumb|Caldera of [[Mount Tambora]]]] [[File:Pinatubo92pinatubo caldera crater lake.jpg|thumb|[[Mount Pinatubo]], Philippines]] *[[China]] ** Dakantou Caldera (大墈头) (Shanhuyan Village, Taozhu Town, [[Linhai]], Zhejiang) ** Ma'anshan Caldera (马鞍山) (Shishan Town (石山镇), [[Xiuying District|Xiuying]], Hainan) ** Yiyang Caldera (宜洋) (Shuangxi Town (双溪镇宜洋村), [[Pingnan County, Fujian]]) * [[Indonesia]] ** [[Mount Batur|Batur]] ([[Bali]]) ** [[Krakatoa]] ([[Sunda Strait]]) ** [[Lake Maninjau]] ([[Sumatra]]) ** [[Lake Toba]] (Sumatra) ** [[Mount Rinjani]] ([[Lombok]]) ** [[Mount Tondano]] ([[Sulawesi]]) ** [[Mount Tambora]] ([[Sumbawa]]) ** [[Mount Bromo|Tengger Caldera]] ([[Java Island|Java]]) *[[Japan]] ** [[Aira Caldera]] ([[Kagoshima Prefecture]]) ** [[Lake Kussharo|Kussharo]] ([[Hokkaido]]) ** [[Lake Kuttara|Kuttara]] (Hokkaido) ** [[Lake Mashū|Mashū]] (Hokkaido) ** [[Aso Caldera]], [[Mount Aso]] ([[Kumamoto Prefecture]]) ** [[Kikai Caldera]] (Kagoshima Prefecture) ** [[Lake Towada|Towada]] ([[Aomori Prefecture]]) ** [[Lake Tazawa|Tazawa]] ([[Akita Prefecture]]) ** [[Mount Hakone|Hakone]] ([[Kanagawa Prefecture]]) *[[Korean Peninsula]] ** [[Mount Halla]] ([[Jeju Province|Jeju-do]], South Korea) ** [[Heaven Lake]] ([[Baekdu Mountain]], North Korea/[[Changbai Mountains]], China) *[[Philippines]] ** [[Apolaki Caldera]] ([[Benham Rise]]) ** [[Corregidor Caldera]] (Manila Bay) ** [[Mount Pinatubo]] ([[Luzon]]) ** [[Taal Volcano]] (Luzon) ** [[Laguna Caldera]] (Luzon) ** [[Mount Bulusan|Irosin Caldera]] (Luzon) *[[Turkey]] ** [[Derik]] ([[Mardin]]) ** [[Nemrut (volcano)]] * [[Russia]] [[File:Yankicha.jpg|thumb|Caldera of the island [[Ushishir|Yankicha/Ushishir]], [[Kuril Islands]]]] ** [[Akademia Nauk (volcano)|Akademia Nauk]] ([[Kamchatka Peninsula]]) ** [[Golovnin]] ([[Kuril Islands]]) ** [[Karymsky (volcano)|Karymsky Caldera]] ([[Kamchatka Peninsula]]) ** [[Karymshina]] ([[Kamchatka Peninsula]]) ** [[Khangar]] ([[Kamchatka Peninsula]]) ** [[Ksudach]] ([[Kamchatka Peninsula]]) ** [[Kurile Lake]] ([[Kamchatka Peninsula]]) ** [[Pauzhetka caldera]] (hosts Kurile Lake caldera, [[Kamchatka Peninsula]])<ref name=volc>{{cite web |title = Diky Greben|url = https://volcano.si.edu/volcano.cfm?vn=300022 |date=2022-03-15 }}</ref> ** [[Lvinaya Past]] ([[Kuril Islands]]) ** [[Tao-Rusyr Caldera]] ([[Kuril Islands]]) ** [[Uzon]] ([[Kamchatka Peninsula]]) ** [[Zavaritski Caldera]] ([[Kuril Islands]]) ** [[Ushishir|Yankicha/Ushishir]] ([[Kuril Islands]]) ** Chegem Caldera ([[Kabardino-Balkarian Republic]], [[North Caucasus]]) ===Europe=== [[File:Santorini 3D version 1.gif|thumb|3D [[Computer-generated imagery|CGI]] [[aerial view|aerial spinning view]] over [[Santorini]], Greece]] [[File:Laacher_See_-_Luftaufnahme.jpg|thumb|Aerial view of the [[Laacher See]], Germany]] [[File:Cratere degli Astroni visto dall'alto.jpg|thumb|View of the [[Phlegraean Fields]] near [[Naples]], Italy]] [[File:Caldeira Faial ca 580 m.ü.NN. Kesselboden.JPG|thumb|''Caldeira do Faial'' on the [[Caldeira Volcano]], [[Faial Island]], [[Azores]]]] * [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]] ** [[Bakuriani|Bakuriani/Didveli Caldera]] ** [[Samsari]] * [[Germany]] ** [[Laacher See]] * [[Greece]] ** [[Santorini]] ** [[Nisyros]] * [[Iceland]] ** [[Askja]] ** [[Grímsvötn]] ** [[Bárðarbunga]] ** [[Katla volcano|Katla]] ** [[Krafla]] * [[Italy]] ** [[Phlegraean Fields]] ** [[Lake Bracciano]] ** [[Lake Bolsena]] ** [[Mount Somma]] which contains [[Mount Vesuvius]] * [[Portugal]] ** [[Lagoa das Sete Cidades]] & [[Furnas#Physical geography|Furnas]] ([[São Miguel Island|São Miguel]], [[the Azores]]) ** Caldeira do Faial ([[Faial Island|Faial]]) ** [[Estreitinho|Caldeirão do Corvo]] ([[Corvo Island|Corvo]]) * [[United Kingdom]] ** [[Glen Coe]] (Scotland) ** [[Scafells|Scafell Caldera]] ([[Lake District]], England)<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://earthwise.bgs.ac.uk/index.php/Borrowdale_Volcanic_Group,_upper_silicic_eruptive_phase,_Caradoc_magmatism,_Ordovician,_Northern_England | title=Borrowdale Volcanic Group, upper silicic eruptive phase, Caradoc magmatism, Ordovician, Northern England – Earthwise}}</ref> * [[Slovakia]] ** [[Banská Štiavnica]] * [[Spain]] ** [[Teide|Las Cañadas]] ([[Tenerife]], [[Canary Islands]]) ===North and Central America=== [[File:Teopan.jpg|thumb|[[Coatepeque Caldera]], El Salvador crater lake]] [[File:Crater lake oregon.jpg|thumb|[[Crater Lake]], Oregon, formed around 5,680 BC]] [[File:Aniakchak-caldera alaska.jpg|thumb|[[Mount Aniakchak|Aniakchak]]-caldera, Alaska]] * [[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) * [[Mexico]] ** La primavera Caldera ([[Jalisco]]) ** Amealco Caldera ([[Querétaro]]) ** Las Cumbres Caldera ([[Veracruz]]-[[Puebla]]) ** Los Azufres Caldera ([[Michoacán]]) ** Los Humeros Caldera (Veracruz-Puebla) ** Mazahua Caldera ([[State of Mexico|Mexico State]]) * [[El Salvador]] ** [[Lake Ilopango]] ** [[Lake Coatepeque]] * [[Guatemala]] ** [[Lake Amatitlán]] ** [[Lake Atitlán]] ** [[Quetzaltenango|Xela]] ** [[Santa Catarina Barahona|Barahona]] * [[Nicaragua]] ** [[Masaya Volcano|Masaya]] (Nicaragua) * [[United States]] ** [[Mount Aniakchak]] ([[Aniakchak National Monument and Preserve]]) ([[Alaska]]) ** [[Cochetopa Dome|Cochetopa Caldera]] ([[Colorado]]) ** [[Crater Lake]] on [[Mount Mazama]] ([[Crater Lake National Park]], [[Oregon]]) ** [[Mount Katmai]] (Alaska) ** [[Kīlauea]] ([[Hawaii]]) ** [[Mauna Loa]] ([[Hawaii]]) ** [[La Garita Caldera]] ([[Colorado]]) ** [[Long Valley Caldera|Long Valley]] ([[California]]) ** [[Henry's Fork Caldera]] ([[Idaho]]) ** [[Island Park Caldera]] (Idaho, [[Wyoming]]) ** [[Newberry Volcano]] (Oregon) ** [[McDermitt Caldera]] (Oregon) ** [[Medicine Lake Volcano]] (California) ** [[Mount Okmok]] (Alaska) ** [[Valles Caldera]] ([[New Mexico]]) ** [[Yellowstone Caldera]] (Wyoming) ===Indian Ocean=== * [[Cirque de Cilaos]] (Réunion) * [[Cirque de Mafate]] (Réunion) * [[Cirque de Salazie]] (Réunion) * [[Enclos Fouqué]] (Réunion) ===Oceania=== [[File:Mokuaweoweo from the air.gif|thumb|Mokuʻāweoweo, [[Mauna Loa]]'s summit caldera, covered in snow]] [[File:Lake taupo landsat.jpg|thumb|right|Satellite photo of [[Lake Taupō]]]] * [[Australia]] **[[Cerberean Cauldron]]<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Clemens |first1=J.D. |last2=Birch |first2=W.D. |title=Assembly of a zoned volcanic magma chamber from multiple magma batches: The Cerberean Cauldron, Marysville Igneous Complex, Australia |journal=Lithos |date=December 2012 |volume=155 |pages=272–288 |doi=10.1016/j.lithos.2012.09.007 |bibcode=2012Litho.155..272C }}</ref> ** [[Mount Warning]] ** [[Prospect Hill (New South Wales)|Prospect Hill]] *[[Hawaii]] ** [[Kilauea]] ([[Hawaii]], US) ** [[Mauna Loa|Moku‘āweoweo Caldera]] on [[Mauna Loa]] (Hawaii, US) *[[New Zealand]] ** [[Kapenga Caldera|Kapenga]] ** [[Lake Ohakuri]] ** [[Lake Ōkataina|Lake Okataina]] ** [[Lake Rotorua]] ** [[Lake Taupō]] ** [[Maroa Caldera|Maroa]] ** [[Otago Harbour]] ** [[Reporoa caldera]] *[[Papua New Guinea]] ** [[Dakataua]] *[[Polynesia]] ** [[Rano Kau]] ([[Easter Island]], Chile) ===South America=== [[File:Sollipulli Caldera, Southern Chile.jpg|thumb|Aerial photograph of [[Sollipulli]] caldera, looking east]] * [[Argentina]] ** [[Aguas Calientes caldera|Aguas Calientes]], [[Salta Province]] ** [[Caldera del Atuel]], [[Mendoza Province]] ** [[Galán]], [[Catamarca Province]] * [[Bolivia]] ** [[Pastos Grandes]] * [[Colombia]] ** Arenas crater caldera, [[Nevado del Ruiz]] volcano, [[Caldas Department]] ** Laguna Verde caldera, [[Azufral]] volcano, [[Narino Department]] * [[Chile]] ** [[Chaitén (volcano)|Chaitén]] ** [[Puyehue-Cordón Caulle|Cordillera Nevada Caldera]] ** [[Laguna del Maule (volcano)|Laguna del Maule]] ** [[Pacana Caldera]] ** [[Sollipulli]] * [[Ecuador]] ** [[Pululahua Geobotanical Reserve]] ** [[Cuicocha]] ** [[Quilotoa]] ** [[Fernandina Island]], [[Galápagos Islands]] ** [[Sierra Negra (Galápagos)]] ** [[Chacana]] Caldera
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