Normally
Crater Lake is formed due to volcanic explosions. These types of
Crater Lakes are filled with rain and melted snow water often with
acidic, greenish color.
Here
are the selections of some of the most beautiful crater lakes around
the world.
Crater
Lake (Okama), Mt. Zao – Honshu, Japan
One of the world's most beautiful Crater Lake (Okama) is located between the border of Yamagata Prefecture and Miyagi Prefecture in Japan. The changing of the color depending on the weather also make the lake named Five-Color Pond The lake is 360 meters in diameter and 60 meters deep, crater lake was formed by a volcanic eruption in the 1720s.
Crater
Lake, Mount Katmai – Alaska, USA
Mount
Katmai – Alaska,USA is located within Katmai National Park and
Preserve on the Alaska Peninsula in southern Alaska. The caldera was
formed in an eruption of 1912.
Crater
Lake, Mount Mazama – Oregon, USA
One
of the clearest lakes in the world Crater Lake, Mount Mazama –
Oregon, USA is about sixty miles north of the Oregon-California state
line .Crater Lake, Mount Mazama is the deepest lake in the US with a
depth of 594 m.
Crater
Lake, Mount Pinabuto – Luzon, Philippines
The
deepest lake in the Philippines Crater Lake, Mount Pinabuto –
Luzon, Philippines was formed after its climactic eruption on June
15, 199 .the 2nd largest in the 20th century eruption of Pinatubo is
locates 90 km Northwest of Manila.
Crater
Lakes in the Albertine Rift – Africa
Crater
Lakes in the Albertine Rift – Africa, crater lakes were formed by
volcanic explosions. Rift Valley lakes include, Lake Tanganyika 1,470
meters (4,800 ft) which is one of the deepest lakes in the world.
Deriba
Crater Lake, Jebel Marra – Darfur, Sudan
Deriba
Crater Lake, Jebel Marra – Darfur, SudanDeriba is located in Darfur
province, 200 km from the border with Chad, Sudan.
Heaven
Lake, Baekdu Mountain – China, North Korea
Heaven
Lake is a crater lake sits on the border of North Korea and China
Heaven Lake also known as “Lake Tianchi Monster” was formed by an
eruption estimated around 950 AD.
Kelimutu
Crater Lake – Flores Island, Indonesia
The
Kelimutu lakes are a popular destination in Flores, Indonesia. Mount
Kelimutu is famous for tri-colored crater lakes .Three lakes filled
with water of different colors, respectively burgundy red, pale green
and dark blue.
Kerid
Crater Lake, Iceland
Kerid
Crater Lake is located in Iceland's Western Volcanic Zone on the
Golden Circle Route. Approximately 55 m deepth, 170 m width, and 270
m across volcanic craters is 3,000 years old.
Quilotoa
Crater Lake – Ecuado
The
800 years old Quilotoa Crater Lake – Ecuado is in the Ecuadorian
Andes .volcanic Quilotoa Crater Lake has greenish color water.
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