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The Specchio di Venere is a shallow crater lake located on the volcanic island of Pantelleria, Italy. It occupies a volcanic maar, which was formed by a phreatomagmatic eruption caused by the interaction of magma and groundwater. The lake's water is highly alkaline and warmed by geothermal activity,...
Lake Surprise is a crater lake situated within a prominent volcanic tuff cone in Victoria, Australia. It is nested securely inside the caldera of an ancient volcano located in the Budj Bim National Park, formerly known as Mount Eccles National Park. The lake was formed by a series of basaltic erupti...
Lake Pupuke is a freshwater maar lake located on Auckland's North Shore in New Zealand. It was formed by explosive phreatomagmatic eruptions approximately 140,000 years ago, leaving behind a crater with low surrounding tuff rings. As one of the region's oldest volcanic features and a rare natural la...
Meerfelder Maar is the largest crater lake in Germany's Eifel region, notable for forming 80,000 years ago and containing paleoclimatic sediment records used in Quaternary geology.
Laguna de Atexcac is a maar crater lake located in the Serdán-Oriental basin in the state of Puebla, Mexico. It was formed by a phreatomagmatic explosion during the Pleistocene epoch, resulting in a distinct volcanic crater that subsequently filled with water. The lake is hydrologically closed and c...
Schalkenmehrener Maar is a volcanic crater in Germany's Eifel region formed about 10,500 years ago, notable for being divided into a water-filled eastern basin and a dry western half.
Lake Purrumbete is a large, deep crater lake situated in a volcanic maar and tuff cone in Victoria, Australia, known for its excellent trout fishing.
Gemündener Maar is a crater lake in Germany's Eifel region formed about 10,500 years ago, notable for its deep basin and popularity as a recreational destination within the Volcanic Eifel.
Hoya Rincón de Parangueo is a maar in Valle de Santiago, Guanajuato, Mexico, whose lake largely dried after the 1980s, exposing a striking white salt-encrusted floor visible from above.
Laguna de Aljojuca is a maar crater lake in Puebla state, Mexico, notable for its deep blue water and position within the eastern Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt on the Mesa Central.
Lake Lanoto'o is a prominent volcanic crater lake located in Samoa, notable for its deep green color and its status as a protected area within the Lake Lanoto'o National Park.
