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Laacher See is a maar lake located within the Eifel region of Germany. It represents the remains of a volcanic eruption around 13,000 years ago, creating a tuff-cone structure known as a ‘maar’. The significant feature is the extensive tuff ring and ash deposit resulting from this Plinian event, imp...

Elegante Crater is a broad maar in the El Pinacate volcanic field of Sonora, Mexico, within the El Pinacate and Gran Desierto de Altar Biosphere Reserve. Approximately 1.6 kilometers across and about 200 meters deep, it formed through explosive interaction between rising magma and groundwater. Its e...

MacDougal Crater is a maar in El Pinacate, Sonora, Mexico, named after American botanist Daniel Trembly MacDougal who explored the Gran Desierto de Altar region in the early 20th century.

Budj Bim, also known as Mount Eccles, is an extinct volcano and tuff cone located in Victoria, Australia. The site holds significant cultural and historical value, recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage area for its association with the Gunditjmara Aboriginal people. It features the remains of one of...

Sykes Crater is a volcanic crater in the El Pinacate volcanic field of Sonora, Mexico, within the El Pinacate and Gran Desierto de Altar Biosphere Reserve. It is associated with explosive interaction between magma and groundwater, a process that produced a broad maar and surrounding deposits on the...

Ubehebe Crater is a large volcanic maar located in the northern part of Death Valley National Park, California. It was formed by a phreatomagmatic explosion, in which rising magma encountered groundwater and produced a violent steam eruption. The crater measures roughly half a mile across and over 7...

Hole-in-the-Ground is a large Pleistocene-era maar volcano located in Lake County, Oregon. It was formed approximately 100,000 years ago by explosive phreatomagmatic eruptions, which occurred when rising magma interacted with groundwater. The crater measures roughly a mile across and 300 feet deep,...

Pulvermaar is a water-filled volcanic maar crater located in the Eifel region of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Formed by volcanic explosions during the Pleistocene epoch, it is recognized as one of the deepest natural lakes in the state. The crater is surrounded by a distinct tuff ring, a geologica...

Lake Averno (or Avernus) is a volcanic crater lake located in Italy's Phlegraean Fields, near Naples. The name derives from the Greek word 'aornos,' meaning 'without birds,' referring to the ancient belief that birds flying over the lake would die due to toxic volcanic fumes. In Roman mythology, it...

Lac Pavin is a deep crater lake located in the volcanic Auvergne region of central France. It was formed within a maar and tuff cone, representing one of the youngest volcanic formations in the country. The lake is scientifically notable for being meromictic, meaning its water layers do not mix, whi...

Tower Hill is a volcanic complex in southwestern Victoria, Australia, consisting of a nested maar and tuff cone formed by explosive interaction between rising magma and groundwater. The inactive volcano lies within a broad crater occupied in part by wetlands and islands. The area is protected as Tow...

Kilbourne Hole is a volcanic maar in southern New Mexico, near the Mexican border and west of the Franklin Mountains. It formed through explosive interaction between rising magma and groundwater, producing a broad crater surrounded in places by deposits of fragmented volcanic material. The site is e...

Lake Alchichica is a saline, alkaline crater lake in Puebla, Mexico, occupying a maar surrounded by a volcanic tuff ring. It is distinguished by pale carbonate microbialites, commonly described as stromatolites, that form conspicuous structures along its shore and beneath the water. The lake also su...

Dotsero is a volcanic feature in Eagle County, Colorado, near the confluence of the Eagle and Colorado rivers. Its crater was formed by an explosive eruption about 4,150 years ago, making it the site of Colorado’s youngest recognized volcanic eruption. The feature includes a maar-like crater and ass...

Windsborn Crater Lake is a volcanic crater lake in Germany's Eifel region, notable as the only crater lake north of the Alps whose outflow drains entirely into the North Sea.

Rattlesnake Crater is a volcanic maar in the San Francisco volcanic field of northern Arizona. It formed when rising magma interacted explosively with groundwater, producing a broad circular depression surrounded by a low rim of fragmented volcanic material. The feature is associated with the Pleist...

Zuni Salt Lake maar is a saline lake occupying a volcanic maar in west-central New Mexico. A maar is a broad, low volcanic crater formed by an explosive interaction between rising magma and groundwater, and the lake lies below the surrounding terrain within that depression. Zuni Salt Lake is also a...

Gour de Tazenat is a maar crater in the Puy-de-Dôme department of central France, within the volcanic landscape of Auvergne. A maar forms when rising magma interacts explosively with groundwater, leaving a broad, low crater rather than a conventional volcanic cone. Gour de Tazenat is occupied by a d...

Laguna Blanca maar is a notable volcanic crater and tuff cone in South America, formed by ancient phreatomagmatic explosions and now filled with water.

Gölcük maar is a volcanic crater and crater lake in Isparta Province, in western Turkey. The lake occupies part of a maar basin surrounded by steep volcanic walls and scoria-rich deposits, making it a distinct geological feature of the Isparta volcanic area. It is also associated with Gölcük Lake Na...

Lunar Crater is a volcanic maar in Nye County, central Nevada, and the namesake feature of the Lunar Crater volcanic field. The maar is about 1 kilometer wide and 130 meters deep, and the surrounding field contains nearly 100 Pliocene-Pleistocene volcanic vents, including cinder cones and basalt flo...

Strohn Maar is a dry volcanic crater located near the village of Strohn in the Eifel region of western Germany, an area known for its Pleistocene-era volcanic features including numerous maars. The maar was formed by a phreatomagmatic eruption and is now dry rather than containing a lake, unlike som...

Immerather Maar is a dry maar in the Eifel region of Germany. A maar is a volcanic depression formed by an explosive interaction between rising magma and groundwater, and many examples contain a lake. Immerather Maar does not have a permanent crater lake because its sediments are sufficiently permea...

Little Hebe Crater is a small volcanic feature in California's Death Valley National Park. It is associated with the Ubehebe Crater volcanic field and is generally described as a maar or tuff-ring structure formed by an explosive interaction between rising magma and groundwater. The crater is consid...

Ōrākei Basin is a volcanic tuff ring and crater in Auckland, New Zealand, formed during the Auckland volcanic field's Pleistocene activity. Its low-lying interior contains a tidal lagoon linked to the Waitematā Harbour, although the basin is separated from the open harbour by surrounding land and en...