lavascape

noun

lavascape

noun

Etymology From lava + -scape.

1

A landscape created by a lava flow or flows.

  • On through the uncanny, distorted lavascape cautiously we fared under a cloud-rifted sky, and finally left the horses in a small corral of quarried lava, thence proceeding afoot to the House of Fire.1922, Charmian London, Our Hawaii: (Islands and Islanders), The Macmillan Company, page 274:
  • The barrier protected this knob of native Hawaiian forest, which continues to rise above the surreal lavascape around it.2003, Jeff Greenwald, “Oases in Black”, in Islands Magazine, January-February 2003:
1 more example
  • In the midst of the spooky black lavascape that is Reykjanes, the ethereal blue waters of these enormous manmade hot springs seem absolutely weird and strangely inviting.2008, Andrew Evans, Iceland, Brandt, →ISBN, page 191:

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