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Crater Lake Institute Director and limnologist Owen Hoffman states that "Crater Lake is the deepest, when compared on the basis of average depth among lakes whose basins are entirely above sea level. The average depths of Lakes Baikal and Tanganyika are deeper than Crater Lake; however, both have basins that extend below sea level." [19] [21]
Crater Lake actually started as a mountain, Mount Mazama. A volcanic eruption roughly 7,700 years ago caused the mountain to collapse inward over time, forming a volcanic crater, the park says.
English: (1 of a multiple picture set) Looking south over Crater Lake, just above Wizard Island. From this angle you can see that the island was, indeed, a small volcano which erupted for some time after the major collapse of Mt. Mazama.
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22 photos show beautiful hidden gems across the US. Caroline Fox,Priyanka Rajput. December 31, 2024 at 6:59 AM. Fly Geyser in Gerlach, Nevada. ... Mount Scott Hiking Trail in Crater Lake, Oregon.
Crater Lake is often referred to as the seventh-deepest lake in the world, but this former listing excludes the approximately 3,000-foot (910 m) depth of subglacial Lake Vostok in Antarctica, which resides under nearly 13,000 feet (4,000 m) of ice, and the recent report of a 2,740-foot (840 m) maximum depth for Lake O'Higgins/San Martin ...
Oppose - the clouds don't bother me as much as the compression artifacts. --Lewk_of_S e rthic contrib talk 23:35, 8 April 2006 (UTC) Comment: Personally I really like the clouds -- it gives the pic a lot of character, especially considering the lake is entirely visible. I've asked the uploader for a new version, but considering his/her only two ...
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