Crater

noun

A bowl-shaped dip at the top of a volcano, left after an eruption has blown rock and lava outward. Some craters are small enough to stand in. Some are wide enough to hold a lake.

Geotechnical Engineering — Cracker
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A roughly circular depression formed at a volcanic vent, usually by the collapse and ejection of material during eruption. Crater diameters typically range from tens to a few hundred metres — which is what distinguishes them from calderas, much larger collapse features formed when the magma chamber beneath a volcano empties and the summit falls in.

Appears In

The Burning Mountain Chapter 1 — When the Mountain Roared

""But we haven't had the crater story yet!" protested one of the bear cub sisters."

The Burning Mountain Chapter 2 — Lina Hears the Mountain Speak

""The glow. It wasn't from the main crater. It was lower. On the shoulder.""

The Burning Mountain Chapter 2 — Lina Hears the Mountain Speak

"Not the main crater. Something else. Something beginning."

The Burning Mountain Chapter 7 — The Bear in the Smoke

"Outside, a new burst of ash shot up from somewhere lower on the slope than the crater had any right to be."

See Also

Caldera Eruption Vent