crater lake

See also: Crater Lake

English

Noun

crater lake (plural crater lakes)

1. (geology) A lake that has formed in the caldera of a volcano.
   • 2008, Tobias S. Buckell, Halo: The Cole Protocol, New York: Tor, →ISBN, page 217:

     “Take it up!” Saal shouted forward, and they accelerated away, the structure dwindling at the top of the falls, the crater lake falling into the distance.

Translations

type of lake

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 火山口湖 (Huǒshān kǒu hú)

• Finnish: kraatterijärvi (fi)
• French: maar (fr) m
• Japanese: 火山湖 (kazanko)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kratersjø m

  Nynorsk: kratersjø m