Back Lawameer Afrikaans بحيرة الحمم البركانية Arabic Llagu de llava AST Lava gölü Azerbaijani Llac de lava Catalan Lávové jezero Czech Lavasee German Lago de lava Spanish دریاچه گدازه Persian Laavajärvi Finnish

Lava lake

Not to be confused with crater lakes, lakes of water that form in a volcanic crater or caldera.
For places named Lava Lake, see Lava Lake.
Lava lake at Nyiragongo Volcano in a molten state. (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Lava lake at Erta Ale Volcano, Ethiopia.
The lava lake of Halemaʻumaʻu at Kīlauea, Hawaiʻi, United States).
Lava lake in Marum crater, Ambrym, Vanuatu.
Satellite picture showing the lava lake of Mount Erebus, Antarctica.
Aerial view of a lava lake in Pu’u ’Ō’ō crater, east rift zone of Kīlauea. The crater is about 820 ft (250 m) in diameter.
Aerial view of a lava lake atop the Kūpaʻianahā vent on the east rift zone of Kīlauea volcano.

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).

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