caldera
nounUK /kælˈdɛə.ɹə/ · US /kælˈdɛɹ.ə/
Etymology Borrowed from Spanish caldera (“cauldron”), from Late Latin caldāria (“warm bath”), from Latin caldārium. Doublet of chowder.
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Geography, Geology, Natural sciences, Volcanology A large crater formed by collapse of the cone or edifice of a volcano.
- The lakes of both Rotorua and Taupo occupy calderas left from enormous prehistoric eruptions, and magma lies at shallow depths beneath a number of centres.2000, Tony Waltham, “Geyser watching”, in Geology Today, volume 16, Iss. 3, p. 99::
- Derived terms
- intracaldera