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{{about|the geological feature|the lake of the same name in Oregon|Crater Lake|other uses|Crater Lake (disambiguation)}}
#REDIRECT [[Crater Lake (disambiguation)]]
{{distinguish2|[[lava lake]]s, a rare phenomenon where a volcanic crater can sustainably contain a significant volume of molten [[lava]]}}
[[Image:Toba zoom.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Landsat]] image of [[Lake Toba]], Indonesia, the largest [[volcanic crater]] lake in the world.]][[Image:Mount Pinatubo 20081229 01.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Lake Pinatubo]], Philippines, formed after the 1991 eruption of [[Mount Pinatubo]].]]
[[File:STS009 Manicouagan.jpg|thumb|Space shuttle imagery of [[Manicouagan Reservoir]] / [[Manicouagan impact crater]], Canada, the largest [[impact crater]] lake in the world.]]
[[Image:Baitou Mountain Tianchi.jpg|thumb| [[Heaven Lake]], North Korea / China.]]
[[Image:Mount Aso acid lake seen from helicopter by ET.jpg|thumb| [[Mount Aso]] crater lake, Japan.]]
[[File:Taal volcano aerial.jpg|thumb|220px|[[Taal volcano]], Philippines.]]
[[Image:Irazu crater lake from the mirador by ET.jpg|thumb|[[Irazú]] crater lake, Costa Rica.]]
[[Image:Laguna de Maderas by ET.jpg|thumb|[[Maderas]] crater lake ([[Ometepe Island]]), Nicaragua.]]
[[Image:Ilopango caldera.jpg|thumb|[[Lake Ilopango]], [[El Salvador]] crater lake.]]
[[Image:Teopan.jpg|thumb|[[Coatepeque Caldera]], [[El Salvador]] crater lake.]]
[[Image:Crater lake oregon.jpg|thumb|[[Crater Lake]] in Oregon, USA.]]
[[Image:Cuicocha, Ecuador.jpg|thumb|[[Cuicocha]], Ecuador.]]
[[Image:Satellite view of Niuafo'ou, 2005-03-19.jpg|thumb|[[Niuafo'ou]] crater lake, Tonga.]]
[[Image:Katmai Crater 1980.jpg|thumb|[[Mount Katmai|Katmai]] crater lake, Alaska, USA.]]
[[Image:Kelimutu 2007-07-21.jpg|thumb|[[Kelimutu]] crater lake, Indonesia.]]
[[Image:Dendi Caldera.jpg|thumb|[[Mount Dendi]] double crater lake, Ethiopia (seen from the [[ISS]]).]]
[[File:Wonchi Lake of Ethiopia.jpg|thumb|[[Wonchi]] crater lake, Ethiopia.]]
[[Image:Lac dziani vue.jpg|thumb|[[Dziani Dzaha]], Mayotte.]]
[[Image:Iceland2009-BradWeber-Kerid.jpg|thumb|[[Kerið]] crater lake, Iceland.]]

A '''crater lake''' is a [[lake]] that forms in a [[volcanic crater]] or [[caldera]], such as a [[maar]]; less commonly and with lower association to the term a lake may form in an [[impact crater]] caused by a meteorite, or in an [[#List_of_artificial_crater_lakes|artificial]] explosion caused by humans. Sometimes lakes which form inside calderas are called '''caldera lakes''', but often this distinction is not made. Crater lakes covering active ([[fumarolic]]) volcanic vents are sometimes known as '''volcanic lakes''', and the water within them is often [[acid]]ic, saturated with [[volcanic gas]]es, and cloudy with a strong greenish color. For example, the crater lake of [[Ijen|Kawah Ijen]] in Indonesia has a [[pH]] of under 0.5.<ref>[http://www.stormchaser.ca/Volcanoes/Kawah_Ijen/Kawah_Ijen.html Measuring the acidity of Kawah Ijen crater lake]</ref> Lakes located in dormant or extinct volcanoes tend to have fresh water, and the water clarity in such lakes can be exceptional due to the lack of inflowing streams and sediment.

== Formation ==

=== Volcanic crater lakes ===
Crater lakes form as the created depression, within the [[Rim (craters)|crater rim]], is filled by water. The water may come from [[Precipitation (meteorology)|precipitation]], [[groundwater]] circulation (often [[Hot Spring|hydrothermal fluids]] in the case of volcanic craters) or melted [[ice]]. Its level rises until an equilibrium is reached between the rates of incoming and outgoing water. Sources of water loss singly or together may include [[evaporation]], subsurface seepage, and, in places, surface leakage or overflow when the lake level reaches the lowest point on its rim. At such a saddle location, the upper portion of the lake is contained only by its adjacent natural [[volcanic dam]]; continued leakage through or surface outflow across the dam can erode its included material, thus lowering lake level until a new equilibrium of water flow, erosion, and rock resistance is established. If the volcanic dam portion erodes rapidly or fails catastrophically, the occurrence produces a [[Lake breakout|breakout]] or [[Glacial lake outburst flood|outburst]] flood. With changes in environmental conditions over time, the occurrence of such floods is common to all natural dam types.

A well-known crater lake, which bears the same name as the geological feature, is [[Crater Lake]] in [[Oregon]]. It is located in the caldera of [[Mount Mazama]]. It is the deepest lake in the United States with a depth of {{Convert|594|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}. Crater Lake is fed solely by falling rain and snow, with no inflow or outflow at the surface, and hence is one of the clearest lakes in the world.<ref>
{{cite web
| title = Facts and Figures about Crater Lake
| publisher = U.S. National Park Service
| url = http://www.nps.gov/archive/crla/brochures/facts.htm
| accessdate = 2009-03-17 }}</ref>

The highest [[volcano]] in the world, 6,893-m (22,615-ft) [[Ojos del Salado]] in [[Chile]], has a permanent crater lake about {{Convert|100|m|ft|-1|abbr=on}} in diameter at an elevation of {{Convert|6390|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} on its eastern side.<ref>[http://www.andes.org.uk/peak-info-6000/ojos-info.htm Andes Website - Information about Ojos del Salado volcano, a high mountain in South America and the World's highest volcano<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> This is most likely the [[Lake#Notable lakes|highest lake]] of any kind in the world.

Due to their unstable environments, some crater lakes exist only intermittently. Caldera lakes in contrast can be quite large and long-lasting; for instance, [[Lake Toba]] ([[Indonesia]]) formed after its eruption around 70,000 years ago and has an area of over 1,000&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>. While many crater lakes are picturesque, they can also be deadly. Gas discharges from [[Lake Nyos]] ([[Cameroon]]) suffocated 1,800 people in 1986, and crater lakes such as [[Mount Ruapehu]]'s (New Zealand) often contribute to destructive [[lahar]]s.

Certain bodies of water, although their formation is directly related to volcanic activity, are not usually referred to as crater lakes, including:
*Lakes created by volcanic dams due to lava flowing outside of the volcanic edifice/[[caldera]] (such as [[Garibaldi Lake]] in Canada, [[Fuji Five Lakes]] in Japan)
*Closed [[atoll]] lagoons (such as [[Clipperton Island#Location.2C lagoon and climate|Clipperton]] lagoon), whose formation process also implies subsequent [[Biogeomorphology|biogeomorphologic]] processes
*Ponds encountered at the bottom of waterfalls occurring in volcanic canyons in a volcanic context, but not within a volcanic edifice/caldera (such as [[Trou de Fer]] on [[Réunion|Réunion Island]])

=== Other kinds of crater lakes ===
Lakes can also fill [[impact crater]]s, but these are not usually referred to as crater lakes except in a few isolated cases. Example of such impact crater lakes include [[Manicouagan Reservoir|Manicouagan]] in Canada, [[Lake Bosumtwi]] in [[Ghana]] and [[Siljan (lake)|Siljan]] in Sweden.

More rarely they can also fill craters caused by artificial explosions, such as the radioactive [[Lake Chagan (Kazakhstan)|Lake Chagan]] in [[Kazakhstan]].

=== Other geological features that can be mistaken for a crater lake ===
Some geomorphological features, when filled with water, can sometimes be confused with crater lakes:
*[[Pingo]]s (soil-covered ice mounts) whose summital part has collapsed<ref>http://icecubicle.net/2010/03/24/phenom-pingos-of-the-far-north/</ref>
*[[Sinkhole]]s (karstic holes, also called [[cenote]]s), such as [[Otjikoto Lake]] in [[Namibia]]
Some circular [[open-pit mines]] can also present a similar appearance, such as [[Big Hole]] in [[Kimberley, Northern Cape|Kimberley]], [[South Africa]], a [[diamond]] mine (in a [[kimberlite pipe]]) where water has accumulated in the artificially created depression.

== List of volcanic crater lakes ==
{| class="wikitable"
! Lake !! Location
|-
! scope="row" colspan="2"| Africa
|-
|[[Waw an Namus]] (three small salt lakes in the caldera) || [[Libya]]
|-
|[[Deriba Caldera]] || [[Sudan]]
|-
|Meme River Basin lakes ([[Lake Barombi Koto]], [[Lake Barombi Mbo]], [[Lake Mboandong]] and [[Lake Dissoni|Lake Dissoni/Soden]]) || [[Cameroon]]
|-
|Lake Nachtiga (between [[Mount Cameroon]] and the Atlantic coast) || [[Cameroon]]
|-
|[[Bakossi Mountains]]: [[Lake Bermin]] and [[Mount Manengouba]] lakes (lac Mâle and lac Femelle) || [[Cameroon]]
|-
|[[Adamawa Region|Adamawa]] volcanic lakes (Tison, Mbalang) || [[Cameroon]]
|-
|[[Oku Volcanic Field]], including [[Lake Nyos]], [[Lake Oku]], [[Lake Monoun]], Mount Mbapit crater lake, Lake Awing and the Bambili lakes || [[Cameroon]]
|-
|[[Dallol (volcano)|Dallol]] (various acid ponds)|| [[Ethiopia]]
|-
|[[Zengena Lake]]|| [[Ethiopia]]
|-
|Enyo Lake (or Haro Dandii, a lake filling a double crater caldera on [[Mount Dendi]]) and Lake [[Wonchi]]<ref>http://www.gtz.de/de/praxis/11695.htm Description of Mount Wonchi crater lake on the website of [[GTZ]]</ref> (Badda Rogghie Mountains) || [[Ethiopia]]
|-
|[[Debre Zeyit#Overview|Debre Zeyit]] crater lakes (Bishoftu, Hora, Bishoftu Guda, Koriftu and seasonal Cheleklaka) || [[Ethiopia]]
|-
|Lake Dembel, [[Mount Zuqualla]]|| [[Ethiopia]]
|-
|Lake Ara Shetan ([[Butajira|Butajiri-Silti Volcanic Field]]) || [[Ethiopia]]
|-
|[[O'a Caldera]], with [[Lake Shala]] and the smaller Chitu water-filled maar || [[Ethiopia]]
|-
|[[Bilate River]] Volcanic Field (several water-filled maars) || [[Ethiopia]]
|-
|El Sod (small salt lake), [[South Omo]] Valley|| [[Ethiopia]]
|-
|[[Mount Biao]], [[Bioko Island]] || [[Equatorial Guinea]]
|-
|Lago a Pot, [[Annobón#Geography|Annobón Island]] || [[Equatorial Guinea]]
|-
|[[Lake Assal (Djibouti)|Lake Assal]] || [[Djibouti]]
|-
|[[Fort Portal#Overview|Kabarole District lakes]] (including lakes Nyinabulitwa, Nyabikere, Nkuruba, Kifuruka) || [[Uganda]]
|-
|many crater lakes in the Katwe-Kikorongo and Bunyaruguru (or Kichwambe) volcanic fields, respectively on the North and South sides of the [[Kazinga Channel]] (including Lake Katwe in the [[Queen Elizabeth National Park]]) || [[Uganda]]
|-
|[[Muhavura]] (small crater lake) || [[Rwanda]] / [[Uganda]]
|-
|[[Mount Bisoke]] || [[Rwanda]] / [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]]
|-
|Crocodile Lake, Flamingo Lake, Tilapia Lake, on [[Central Island]] ([[Lake Turkana]]) || [[Kenya]]
|-
|[[Mount Marsabit]] (at least two lakes) || [[Kenya]]
|-
|[[Emuruangogolak]] (several maar lakes) || [[Kenya]]
|-
|Lake Simbi, [[Mount Homa]] || [[Kenya]]
|-
|[[Lake Naivasha#Ecology|Lake Sonachi]] (Crater Lake Game Sanctuary) || [[Kenya]]
|-
|[[Lake Chala]] || [[Kenya]] / [[Tanzania]]
|-
|Southern Highlands crater lakes ([[Lake Ngozi]], Kiungululu Crater, Masoko Crater) || [[Tanzania]]
|-
|Lakes Magadi and Empakaai ([[Ngorongoro Conservation Area]]) || [[Tanzania]]
|-
|Lake Dziani Boundouni, [[Mohéli|Mohéli Island]] || [[Comoros]]
|-
|[[Dziani Dzaha]], [[Pamanzi|Petite-Terre]] || [[Mayotte]]
|-
|[[Lake Tritriva]] || [[Madagascar]]
|-
|[[Nosy Be#Geography|Nosy Be]] crater lakes|| [[Madagascar]]
|-
|[[Itasy#Tourist sights|Itasy]] crater lakes (close to the larger Lake Itasy) || [[Madagascar]]
|-
|[[Trou aux Cerfs]] || [[Mauritius]]
|-
|[[Ganga Talao]] lake || [[Mauritius]]
|-
|Piton de l'Eau || [[Réunion]]
|-
|Lagoa do Fanal || Portugal, [[Madeira Island#Madeira Island|Madeira]]
|-
|Laguna de los Ciclos (Charco Verde), [[Yaiza, Las Palmas|El Golfo]], [[Lanzarote]] || Spain, [[Canary Islands]]
|-
|[[Pedra de Lume]] (salt lake in the crater), [[Sal Island]] || [[Cape Verde]]
|-
|[[Queen Mary's Peak]] (heart-shaped crater lake) || [[Tristan da Cunha]]
|-
! scope="row" colspan="2"| Asia
|-
|[[Lake Toba]] || [[Indonesia]], [[Sumatra]]
|-
|[[Mount Sibayak]] || [[Indonesia]], [[Sumatra]]
|-
|[[Lake Maninjau]] || [[Indonesia]], [[Sumatra]]
|-
|Lake Asam ([[Suwoh]] Caldera) || [[Indonesia]], [[Sumatra]]
|-
|[[Lake Gunung Tujuh]] || [[Indonesia]], [[Sumatra]]
|-
|[[Mount Talang]] (Talang and Dibawah Lakes)|| [[Indonesia]], [[Sumatra]]
|-
|[[Mount Singgalang]] (Dewi and Kumbang Lakes)|| [[Indonesia]], [[Sumatra]]
|-
|[[Bukit Daun]] || [[Indonesia]], [[Sumatra]]
|-
|[[Mount Kerinci]] || [[Indonesia]], [[Sumatra]]
|-
|[[Mount Kaba]] || [[Indonesia]], [[Sumatra]]
|-
|[[Mount Kunyit]] || [[Indonesia]], [[Sumatra]]
|-
|[[Mount Sumbing]] || [[Indonesia]], [[Sumatra]]
|-
|[[Sorikmarapi]] || [[Indonesia]], [[Sumatra]]
|-
|[[Ijen]] || [[Indonesia]], [[Java]]
|-
|[[Kawah Putih]], [[Mount Patuha]] || [[Indonesia]], [[Java]]
|-
|[[Mount Lamongan]] (several maare) || [[Indonesia]], [[Java]]
|-
|[[Kelut]] (no crater lake anymore after 2007-2008 slow eruptions with hot lava dome, but in 2014 eruption lava dome is thrown away and in rainy season, the crater is initial fill with water) || [[Indonesia]], [[Java]]
|-
|Lake Ngebel, Gunung Wilis || [[Indonesia]], [[Java]]
|-
|[[Mount Lawu]] || [[Indonesia]], [[Java]]
|-
|[[Talagabodas]] || [[Indonesia]], [[Java]]
|-
|[[Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park|Tengger]] caldeira (several maar lakes on [[Semeru]] summit, seasonnal lake in [[Mount Bromo|Bromo]] crater) || [[Indonesia]], [[Java]]
|-
|[[Lumajang Regency#Places of interest|The Triangle of Lakes]] (Ranu Klakah, Ranu Bedali, Ranu Pakis) || [[Indonesia]], [[Java]]
|-
|[[Mount Galunggung]] [[Tasikmalaya Regency#Jasper Geopark|crater lake]] || [[Indonesia]], [[Java]]
|-
|Merdodo ([[Dieng Volcanic Complex]]) || [[Indonesia]], [[Java]]
|-
|Telaga Warna ([[Dieng Volcanic Complex]]) || [[Indonesia]], [[Java]]
|-
|[[Danau Batur]], [[Bali]] || [[Indonesia]], [[Lesser Sunda Islands]]
|-
|[[Lake Segara Anak]] ([[Mount Rinjani]]), [[Lombok]] || [[Indonesia]], [[Lesser Sunda Islands]]
|-
|[[Mount Tambora|Tambora]] (ephemeral lake), [[Sumbawa]]|| [[Indonesia]], [[Lesser Sunda Islands]]
|-
|[[Kelimutu]] (three crater lakes), [[Flores]] || [[Indonesia]], [[Lesser Sunda Islands]]
|-
|[[Inielika]] (several small temporary dark lakes), [[Flores]] || [[Indonesia]], [[Lesser Sunda Islands]]
|-
|Sano Nggoang (the deepest volcanic crater lake in the world with depth of 600 meters), [[West Manggarai Regency]], [[Flores]] || [[Indonesia]], [[Lesser Sunda Islands]]
|-
|[[Mount Sirung]], [[Pantar Island]] || [[Indonesia]], [[Lesser Sunda Islands]]
|-
|Kawah Masem, [[Mount Sempu]] || [[Indonesia]], [[Sulawesi]]
|-
|[[Mount Mahawu]] || [[Indonesia]], [[Sulawesi]]
|-
|[[Mount Tondano|Lake Tondano]] || [[Indonesia]], [[Sulawesi]]
|-
|[[Mount Klabat]] || [[Indonesia]], [[Sulawesi]]
|-
|[[Makian]] || [[Indonesia]], [[Maluku Islands]]
|-
|[[Mount Ibu]] (several small crater lakes), [[Halmahera]]|| [[Indonesia]], [[Maluku Islands]]
|-
|[[Todoko-Ranu]], [[Halmahera]] || [[Indonesia]], [[Maluku Islands]]
|-
|[[North Halmahera Regency#Lakes and parks|Lake Telaga Paca]], [[Halmahera]] || [[Indonesia]], [[Maluku Islands]]
|-
|four crater lakes in the [[List of volcanoes in Burma|Lower Chindwin]] volcanic area, including Twin Taung || [[Burma]] (Myanmar)
|-
|[[Yak Loum]] || [[Cambodia]]
|-
|[[Nong Fa Lake]] || [[Laos]]
|-
|[[List of volcanoes in Vietnam|Toroeng Prong]] || [[Vietnam]]
|-
|[[Khorgo|Khorgo Uul]] (at least two lakes) || [[Mongolia]]
|-
|Chaihe scenic spot<ref>http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/photo/2012-08/29/c_131815567_5.htm</ref> near [[Zhalantun]] (several crater lakes in this volcanic area) || China, [[Inner Mongolia]]
|-
|[[Longwanqun National Forest Park|Longwanqun]] volcanic lakes|| China, [[Jilin]]
|-
|[[Heaven Lake]] (Chonji/Tianchi), [[Baekdu Mountain]] || [[North Korea]] / China, [[Jilin]]
|-
|[[Hallasan|White Deer Lake]] (Baengnokdam), [[Mulyeongari-Oreum]], [[Muljangori-Oreum]]|| [[South Korea]], [[Jeju Island]]
|-
|[[Akan National Park|Akan caldera]] volcanic lakes ([[Lake Akan|Akan]], [[Lake Mashū|Mashū]], [[Lake Kussharo|Kussharo]])|| Japan, [[Hokkaidō]]
|-
|[[Lake Shikotsu]] || Japan, [[Hokkaidō]]
|-
|[[Lake Tōya]] || Japan, [[Hokkaidō]]
|-
|[[Lake Kuttara]] || Japan, [[Hokkaidō]]
|-
|[[Lake Towada|Towada]] || Japan, [[Honshū]]
|-
|[[Lake Tazawa|Tazawa]] (deepest lake in Japan) || Japan, [[Honshū]]
|-
|[[Mount Zaō]] (lake Okama)|| Japan, [[Honshū]]
|-
|[[Mount Kusatsu-Shirane]] (three lakes, including the acidic Yu-gama with sulfur rafts floating on its turquoise surface)|| Japan, [[Honshū]]
|-
|[[Izu-Tobu]] (Ippeki lake) || Japan, [[Honshū]]
|-
|[[Lake Haruna]] || Japan, [[Honshū]]
|-
|[[Mount Hakone]] ([[Lake Ashi]])|| Japan, [[Honshū]]
|-
|[[Naruko (volcano)|Naruko]] (Lake Katanuma)|| Japan, [[Honshū]]
|-
|[[Mount Bandai|Aizu-Bandai-san]] (various lakes) || Japan, [[Honshū]]
|-
|[[Mount Iwate]] || Japan, [[Honshū]]
|-
|[[Mount Ontake]] (five crater lakes)|| Japan, [[Honshū]]
|-
|[[Oguni-numa Pond]] || Japan, [[Honshū]]
|-
|Numazawa-numa lake || Japan, [[Honshū]]
|-
|Hachoike, [[Mount Amagi]] || Japan, [[Honshū]]
|-
|[[Mount Aso]] (Naka-dake) || Japan, [[Kyūshū]]
|-
|[[Satsuma Peninsula]], [[Lake Ikeda]] and Lake Unagi-ike || Japan, [[Kyūshū]]
|-
|[[Mount Kirishima]] lakes (including [[Lake Miike|Mi-ike]], Oonamino-ike, Rokkannonmi-ike, Byakushi-ike) || Japan, [[Kyūshū]]
|-
|[[Imuta-ike]] || Japan, [[Kyūshū]]
|-
|Tairo-ike, [[Miyake-jima]] || Japan, [[Izu Islands]]
|-
|[[Otake (Nakanoshima)|Otake]], [[Nakanoshima (Kagoshima)|Nakanoshima]] || Japan, [[Ryukyu Islands]]
|-
|[[Lake Pinatubo]] || [[Philippines]], [[Luzon]]
|-
|[[Taal Lake]] (caldera-filling) and the crater lake on its [[Taal volcano|island]]'s volcano || [[Philippines]], [[Luzon]]
|-
|[[Laguna de Bay]] || [[Philippines]], [[Luzon]]
|-
|[[Seven Lakes of San Pablo]] ([[Lake Bunot|Bunot]], [[Lake Calibato|Calibato]], [[Lakes Pandin and Yambo|Yambo, Pandin]], [[Lake Palakpakin|Palakpakin]], [[Lake Muhikap|Muhikap]], [[Lake Sampaloc|Sampaloc]]) || [[Philippines]], [[Luzon]]
|-
|[[Lake Tikub]] || [[Philippines]], [[Luzon]]
|-
|[[Mount Talinis]] (lakes [[Lake Balinsasayao|Balinsasayao]], [[Lake Danao (Negros)|Danao]] and Kabalin-an, within the Guintabon Caldera), [[Negros (island)|Negros Island]] || [[Philippines]], [[Visayas]]
|-
|Margaja Valley caldera, [[Kanlaon Volcano]], [[Negros (island)|Negros Island]] || [[Philippines]], [[Visayas]]
|-
|Lakes Danao and Malagsom, [[Mahagnao Volcano]], [[Leyte (island)|Leyte Island]] || [[Philippines]], [[Visayas]]
|-
|Lake Duminagat, [[Mount Malindang]] || [[Philippines]], [[Mindanao]]
|-
|[[Lake Leonard]], [[Leonard Kniaseff]] || [[Philippines]], [[Mindanao]]
|-
|[[Mount Apo]] || [[Philippines]], [[Mindanao]]
|-
|Lake Maughan, [[Mount Parker (Cotabato)|Mount Parker]] || [[Philippines]], [[Mindanao]]
|-
|[[Jolo Group#Physical features|Jolo Island]], Lakes Seit, Panamao, Timpuak and Sani Crater || [[Philippines]], [[Mindanao]], [[Sulu Archipelago]]
|-
|[[Lake Khaiyr]] || Russia, [[Yakutia]]
|-
|[[Khangar]] || Russia, [[Kamchatka]]
|-
|[[Kizimen]] || Russia, [[Kamchatka]]
|-
|Lake Dalny, [[Uzon]] Caldera|| Russia, [[Kamchatka]]
|-
|[[Maly Semyachik]] || Russia, [[Kamchatka]]
|-
|[[Bolshoy Semyachik]] || Russia, [[Kamchatka]]
|-
|[[Karymsky Lake]], [[Akademia Nauk]] || Russia, [[Kamchatka]]
|-
|Balshoe and Kraternoe, [[Ksudach]] || Russia, [[Kamchatka]]
|-
|[[Kurile Lake]] || Russia, [[Kamchatka]]
|-
|[[Gorely]] || Russia, [[Kamchatka]]
|-
|[[Ebeko]], [[Paramushir Island]] || Russia, [[Kuril Islands]]
|-
|[[Onekotan Island]] (Kal'tsevoe Lake in the [[Tao-Rusyr Caldera]] and [[Nemo Peak|Nemo Lake/Caldera]]) || Russia, [[Kuril Islands]]
|-
|[[Ketoy|Ketoy Island]] || Russia, [[Kuril Islands]]
|-
|[[Zavaritski Caldera]], [[Simushir Island]] || Russia, [[Kuril Islands]]
|-
|[[Rudakov]], [[Urup Island]] || Russia, [[Kuril Islands]]
|-
|[[Iturup|Iturup Island]] lakes ([[Medvezhia]], [[Chirip]], [[Grozny Group]], [[Bogatyr Ridge]]) || Russia, [[Kuril Islands]]
|-
|[[Sabalan]] || [[Iran]]
|-
|[[Nemrut (volcano)|Nemrut]] || [[Turkey]]
|-
|Meke Golu ([[Karapınar Field]]) || [[Turkey]]
|-
|[[Lake Acıgöl]] (bitter lake), also called Lake Nar ([[pomegranate]] lake) || [[Turkey]]
|-
|Karagöl (Lake Tantalus), [[Mount Yamanlar]] || [[Turkey]]
|-
|[[Lake Ram]] || [[Syria]]
|-
|[[Balhaf|Bir Ali crater]] || [[Yemen]]
|-
|[[Zubair Group|Zubayr Group Islands]] (crater lakes on Saba Island and on the new island formed during the 2011-2012 eruption) || [[Yemen]]
|-
! scope="row" colspan="2"| Europe
|-
|[[Eifel]] volcanic field (where maare were originally described), including [[Laacher See]] and [[Daun (Germany)#Culture and sightseeing|Daun]] [[maar]]s|| Germany
|-
|[[Eyjafjallajökull]] (volcano) || [[Iceland]]
|-
|[[Kerið]] || [[Iceland]]
|-
|[[Askja]] ([[Öskjuvatn]] and [[Askja#Eruptions|Viti]] lakes)|| [[Iceland]]
|-
|[[Krafla]] || [[Iceland]]
|-
|[[Hellnar#Gallery|Lake Bardarlaug]] || [[Iceland]]
|-
|[[Grímsvötn]] (subglacial lake in the caldera, now exposed following the [[2011 eruption of Grímsvötn|2011 eruption]]) || [[Iceland]]
|-
|crater lakes in the [[Landmannalaugar]] area (Blahylur, Ljotipollur)|| [[Iceland]]
|-
|[[Chaîne des Puys]] ([[Chaîne des Puys#References|Gour de Tazenat]], [[Lac Pavin]], [[Lac de Servière]], [[Lac Chauvet]], [[Lac du Bouchet]], [[La Godivelle|Lac d'En-Haut]])|| France
|-
|[[Lac d'Issarlès]] || France
|-
|[[Lazio]] volcanic lakes ([[Lake of Albano|Albano]], [[Lake Bolsena|Bolsena]], [[Lake Bracciano|Bracciano]], [[Lake Martignano|Martignano]], [[Lake Nemi|Nemi]], [[Lake Vico|Vico]], [[Lake Mezzano|Mezzano]]) || Italy
|-
|[[Lake Avernus]] (close to [[Phlegraean Fields]]) || Italy
|-
|Lakes of [[Monticchio]] (Lago di Monticchio Grande and Lago di Montichhio Piccolo, twin crater lakes) || Italy
|-
|[[Larderello#Geography|Lago Vecchienna]] || Italy
|-
|Lago Specchio di Venere (Venus Mirror Lake) or Bagno dell’Acqua (hydrothermal lake within a calderic depression) || Italy, [[Pantelleria]]
|-
|seasonal maar lakes in the [[Almagro, Ciudad Real|Provincia Volcánica de Calatrava]] (Hoya del Acebuche, Hoya de Cervera) || Spain
|-
|Lagoa do Caldeirão, [[Corvo Island]] || [[Portugal]], [[Azores]]
|-
|Lagoa da Caldeira, [[Faial Island]] || [[Portugal]], [[Azores]]
|-
|Lagoas Funda das Lajes, Branca, Comprida, Seca, da Lomba, Rasa, Funda/Negra, [[Flores Island (Azores)|Flores Island]] || [[Portugal]], [[Azores]]
|-
|Caldeira do Enxofre (underground lake filled with cold sulphur water), [[Graciosa Island]] || [[Portugal]], [[Azores]]
|-
|Lagoas Seca, da Rosada, [[Pico Island]] || [[Portugal]], [[Azores]]
|-
|Lagoa do Pico Pinheiro, [[São Jorge Island]] || [[Portugal]], [[Azores]]
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|[[Lagoa das Sete Cidades]], [[Lagoa do Fogo|do Fogo]], das Furnas, Azul, Verde, [[São Miguel Island]] || [[Portugal]], [[Azores]]
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|Lagoas Negra, [[Lagoa do Negro|do Negro]], [[Terceira Island]] || [[Portugal]], [[Azores]]
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|[[Lake Sfânta Ana]] || [[Romania]]
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|[[Mount Samsari]] (several small lakes in the caldera)|| [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]]
|-
|[[Lake Akna (Kotayk)|Lake Akna]], [[Geghama mountains]] || [[Armenia]]
|-
! scope="row" colspan="2"| Oceania
|-
|[[Mount Ruapehu]] || New Zealand, [[North Island]]
|-
|[[Lake Taupo]] || New Zealand, [[North Island]]
|-
|[[Lakes of Rotorua]], including [[Lake Rotorua|Rotorua]], [[Lake Tarawera|Tarawera]], [[Lake Rotomahana|Rotomahana]], [[Lake Rotokakahi|Rotokakahi]], [[Lake Tikitapu|Tikitapu]], [[Lake Okareka|Okareka]] and [[Lake Okataina|Okataina]] and smaller lakes from the [[Waimangu Volcanic Rift Valley]] (Inferno Crater Lake, [[Frying Pan Lake]], Southern Crater Lake) || New Zealand, [[North Island]]
|-
|[[Lake Pupuke]] || New Zealand, [[North Island]]
|-
|[[Mangere Lagoon]] || New Zealand, [[North Island]]
|-
|[[Mount Tongariro]] ([[Tama Lakes]], Blue Lake and the Emerald Lakes) || New Zealand, [[North Island]]
|-
|[[Whakaari / White Island]] ([[Bay of Plenty]]), Crater Lake|| New Zealand, off [[North Island]] coast
|-
|[[Mayor Island / Tuhua|Tuhua / Mayor Island]] ([[Bay of Plenty]]), [[Lake Aroarotamahine]] and [[Lake Te Paritu]] || New Zealand, off [[North Island]] coast
|-
|[[Raoul Island]] ([[Blue Lake (Raoul Island)|Blue Lake]], [[Green Lake (Raoul Island)|Green Lake]], Rui Lake) || New Zealand, [[Kermadec Islands]]
|-
|[[Victory (volcano)|Victory Volcano]] crater lake || [[Papua New Guinea]], [[New Guinea]]
|-
|Lake Wisdom, [[Long Island (Papua New Guinea)|Long Island]] || [[Papua New Guinea]], off [[New Guinea]] coast
|-
|[[Mount Balbi]] lake|| [[Papua New Guinea]], [[Bougainville Island|Bougainville]]
|-
|[[Billy Mitchell (volcano)|Billy Mitchell]] || [[Papua New Guinea]], [[Bougainville Island|Bougainville]]
|-
|[[Loloru]] (crescent-shaped crater lake) || [[Papua New Guinea]], [[Bougainville Island|Bougainville]]
|-
|[[Dakataua (volcano)|Dakataua]] (horseshoe-shaped caldera lake) || [[Papua New Guinea]], [[New Britain]]
|-
|[[Sakar Island]] || [[Papua New Guinea]], off [[New Britain]] coast
|-
|[[Mount Gambier (volcano)|Mount Gambier]] maar complex (including [[Blue Lake (South Australia)|Blue Lake)]]|| Australia, [[South Australia]]
|-
|[[Atherton Tableland]] ([[Lake Euramoo]], [[Lake Eacham]], [[Lake Barrine]], [[Mount Hypipamee Crater]], [[Lynch's Crater]], Bromfield Swamp)|| Australia, [[Queensland]]
|-
|[[Coalstoun Lakes National Park|Mount Le Brun]] (two intermittent crater lakes) || Australia, [[Queensland]]
|-
|[[Camperdown, Victoria#Geography|Leura maar complex]] ([[Lake Purrumbete|Purrumbete]], [[Lake Bullen Merri|Bullen Merri]], Gnotuk, Keilambete, Elingamite, [[Wangoom]], [[Red Rock Reserve]] intermittent lakes) || Australia, [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]]
|-
|[[Tower Hill (volcano)|Tower Hill]] || Australia, [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]]
|-
|[[Mount Eccles]] || Australia, [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]]
|-
|Green Lake,<ref>[http://www.5thworld.net/KahumanaSanctuary/HTML/P1.html#Geology Kahumana Sanctuary - Geology]</ref> Kapoho Crater, [[Kīlauea]], [[Hawaii (Island)|Big Island]], || USA, [[Hawaii]]
|-
|[[Lake Waiau]], crater of the Pu'u Waiau cinder cone, [[Mauna Kea]], [[Hawaii (Island)|Big Island]], || USA, [[Hawaii]]
|-
|[[Kalaupapa]] crater lake, [[Molokai]] || USA, [[Hawaii]]
|-
|[[Salt Lake, Hawaii|Salt Lake]] (filled in for an urbanization project, except for a pond in a golf course), [[Honolulu]], [[Oahu]] || USA, [[Hawaii]]
|-
|[[Rano Kau]], [[Rano Raraku]] and Rano Aroi (Ma′unga [[Terevaka]]) || Chile, [[Easter Island]]
|-
|[[Anatahan]] (intermittent lake in the caldera) || [[Northern Mariana Islands]]
|-
|Lake Te Roto, [[Tikopia]] || [[Solomon Islands]]
|-
|Lake Lanoto'o, [[Upolu]] || [[Samoa]]
|-
|Vai Lahi and Vai Si'i, [[Niuafo'ou]] || [[Tonga]]
|-
|[[Tofua]] || [[Tonga]]
|-
|[[Late (Tonga)|Late]] (ephemeral lake)|| [[Tonga]]
|-
|[[Home Reef]] (newly formed island, crater lakes observed in 2006) || [[Tonga]]
|-
|Lakes [[Lake Lalolalo|Lalolao]], [[Lake Lalolalo|Lano]], [[Lake Lanutavake|Lanutavake]], Lanutuli, Lanumaha and [[Lake Alofivai|Alofivai]] (intermittent), [[Wallis (island)|Wallis Island]] || [[Wallis and Futuna]]
|-
|Lake Tagimaucia, [[Taveuni Island]]|| [[Fiji|Fidji]]
|-
|[[Lake Letas]], [[Gaua Island]]|| [[Vanuatu]]
|-
|[[Lombenben]] Volcano (lakes Vui, Manaro Ngoru, Manaro Lakua), [[Aoba Island]]|| [[Vanuatu]]
|-
! scope="row" colspan="2"| North America
|-
|Kasatochi volcano, [[Kasatochi Island]] || United States, [[Alaska]], [[Aleutian Islands]]
|-
|[[Mount Okmok]], [[Umnak Island]] || United States, [[Alaska]], [[Aleutian Islands]]
|-
|[[Mount Kanaga]], [[Kanaga Island]] || United States, [[Alaska]], [[Aleutian Islands]]
|-
|Fenner Lake, [[Semisopochnoi Island]] || United States, [[Alaska]], [[Aleutian Islands]]
|-
|[[Fisher Caldera]] (several lakes), [[Unimak Island]] || United States, [[Alaska]], [[Aleutian Islands]]
|-
|[[Mount Katmai]] || United States, [[Alaska]]
|-
|[[Ukinrek Maars]] || United States, [[Alaska]]
|-
|[[Mount Kaguyak]] || United States, [[Alaska]]
|-
|[[Mount Martin (Alaska)|Mount Martin]] (intermittent acidic lake)|| United States, [[Alaska]]
|-
|[[Mount Douglas (Alaska)|Mount Douglas]] || United States, [[Alaska]]
|-
|[[Devil Mountain Lakes]] || United States, [[Alaska]]
|-
|[[Mount Aniakchak#Surprise Lake|Surprise Lake]], [[Mount Aniakchak]] || United States, [[Alaska]]
|-
|[[Mount Emmons (Alaska)|Mount Emmons]] || United States, [[Alaska]]
|-
|[[Mount Spurr]] || United States, [[Alaska]]
|-
|[[Mount Chiginagak]] || United States, [[Alaska]]
|-
|[[Wells Gray-Clearwater volcanic field#Pleistocene epoch|Wells Gray-Clearwater volcanic field]] (several crater lakes)|| Canada, [[British Columbia]]
|-
|[[Sturgeon Lake Caldera]] || Canada, [[Ontario]]
|-
|[[Mount Rainier]] || United States, [[Washington (State)|Washington]]
|-
|[[Battle Ground Lake State Park|Battle Ground Lake]] || United States, [[Washington (State)|Washington]]
|-
|[[Crater Lake]] || United States, [[Oregon]]
|-
|[[Blue Lake Crater]] || United States, [[Oregon]]
|-
|Malheur Maar, [[Diamond Craters]]|| United States, [[Oregon]]
|-
|[[Newberry Volcano]] (twin crater lakes: [[Paulina Lake]] and [[East Lake (Oregon)|East Lake]])|| United States, [[Oregon]]
|-
|Teardrop Pool [[South Sister]]|| United States, [[Oregon]]
|-
|[[Yellowstone Lake]] || United States, [[Wyoming]]
|-
|[[Soda Lakes]] || United States, [[Nevada]]
|-
|[[Medicine Lake Volcano]] || United States, [[California]]
|-
|[[Mono–Inyo Craters]] || United States, [[California]]
|-
|[[Clear Lake (California)|Clear Lake]] || United States, [[California]]
|-
|[[Shastina]] (three small crater lakes) || United States, [[California]]
|-
|[[Zuni Salt Lake]] (maar) || United States, [[New Mexico]]
|-
|Lago Los Espinos || Mexico, [[Michoacán]]
|-
|[[Guanajuato#Geography and climate|La Alberca]] lake (also known as La Joya or Lago del Sangre) || Mexico, [[Guanajuato]]
|-
|[[Nevado de Toluca]] (several lakes)|| Mexico, [[State of Mexico]]
|-
|[[Aljojuca|Laguna de Aljojuca]] || Mexico, [[Puebla]]
|-
|[[Oriental Basin#Maar lakes|Oriental Basin]] axalapazcos (maar lakes)|| Mexico, [[Puebla]] / [[Tlaxcala]] / [[Veracruz]]
|-
|[[Tepic|Sangangüey]] || Mexico, [[Nayarit]]
|-
|[[Santa María del Oro, Nayarit|Santa María del Oro]] || Mexico, [[Nayarit]]
|-
|[[El Chichón]] || Mexico, [[Chiapas]]
|-
! scope="row" colspan="2"| Central America & Caribbean
|-
|[[Lago de Amatitlán]] || [[Guatemala]]
|-
|[[Lake Ipala]] || [[Guatemala]]
|-
|[[Lago de Atitlán]] || [[Guatemala]]
|-
|[[Laguna de Ayarza]] || [[Guatemala]]
|-
|[[Laguna de Calderas]] ([[Pacaya]]) || [[Guatemala]]
|-
|[[Laguna Chicabal]] || [[Guatemala]]
|-
|[[Tecuamburro]] || [[Guatemala]]
|-
|[[Coatepeque Caldera|Lago de Coatepeque (Coatepeque Lake)]] || [[El Salvador]]
|-
|Laguna Verde ([[Apaneca]]) || [[El Salvador]]
|-
|[[Ilopango Lake|Lago de Ilopango (Ilopango Lake)]] || [[El Salvador]]
|-
|[[Tecapa]] volcano (Laguna de Alegría) || [[El Salvador]]
|-
|Chanmico maar (at the foot of the [[San Salvador (volcano)|San Salvador volcano]]) || [[El Salvador]]
|-
|[[Santa Ana Volcano]] crater lake || [[El Salvador]]
|-
|[[Cosigüina]]|| [[Nicaragua]]
|-
|Laguna Asososca, [[Las Pilas]]|| [[Nicaragua]]
|-
|Lakes within the Monte Galan caldera, close to the [[Momotombo]] (Laguna Monte Galan, La Sulfatosa, Agua Dulce, El Cachital, Las Piedras) || [[Nicaragua]]
|-
|[[Apoyeque|Chiltepe peninsula]] (Apoyeque and Xiloá lagoons) || [[Nicaragua]]
|-
|[[Managua#Lagoons within city limits|Managua]] lagoons ([[Tiscapa Lagoon Natural Reserve|Tiscapa]], Asososca, Nejapa) || [[Nicaragua]]
|-
|[[Masaya Volcano|Masaya]] lake|| [[Nicaragua]]
|-
|[[Apoyo Lagoon Natural Reserve|Apoyo Lagoon]] || [[Nicaragua]]
|-
|Zapatera Laguna ([[Zapatera]] Island, on [[Lake Nicaragua]])|| [[Nicaragua]]
|-
|[[Maderas]] ([[Ometepe]] Island, on [[Lake Nicaragua]])|| [[Nicaragua]]
|-
|Lake Diego de la Haya, [[Irazú]] volcano || [[Costa Rica]]
|-
|[[Rincón de la Vieja]] || [[Costa Rica]]
|-
|[[Poás]] volcano (Laguna Caliente and Laguna Botos) || [[Costa Rica]]
|-
|[[Chato Volcano|Cerro Chato]] || [[Costa Rica]]
|-
|[[Barva]] || [[Costa Rica]]
|-
|[[Mount Liamuiga]] crater lake, [[Saint Kitts]]|| [[Saint Kitts and Nevis]]
|-
|[[La Grande Soufrière]] (la Citerne)|| [[Guadeloupe]]
|-
|[[Boiling Lake]] ([[Morne Trois Pitons National Park]])|| [[Dominica]]
|-
|[[Soufrière (volcano)|Soufrière]] || [[Saint Vincent (island)|Saint Vincent]]
|-
|[[Grand Etang Lake]]|| [[Grenada]]
|-
|Lac Antoine, [[Mount Saint Catherine (Grenada)|Mount Saint Catherine]] || [[Grenada]]
|-
! scope="row" colspan="2"| South America
|-
|[[Azufral]] (Laguna Verde, Laguna Negra, Laguna Cristal) || [[Colombia]]
|-
|Lagunas Verdes, [[Chiles (volcano)|Chiles Volcano]] || [[Ecuador]]
|-
|[[Mojanda]] lakes (Caricocha, Yanacocha and Huarmicocha) || [[Ecuador]]
|-
|Laguna Collanes, [[El Altar]] || [[Ecuador]]
|-
|[[Cuicocha]] || [[Ecuador]]
|-
|[[Quilotoa]] || [[Ecuador]]
|-
|[[Black Lakes of Jumbura]] || [[Ecuador]]
|-
|[[La Cumbre (Galápagos Islands)|La Cumbre]], [[Fernandina Island]] (ephemeral lake) || [[Ecuador]], [[Galapagos Islands]]
|-
|Tagus Cove, [[Isabela Island (Galápagos)|Isabela Island]] || [[Ecuador]], [[Galapagos Islands]]
|-
|Lake Arcturus, [[Genovesa Island]] || [[Ecuador]], [[Galapagos Islands]]
|-
|Laguna El Juncos, [[San Cristóbal Island]] || [[Ecuador]], [[Galapagos Islands]]
|-
|[[Santiago Island (Galápagos)|Santiago Island]] (small salt crater lake) || [[Ecuador]], [[Galapagos Islands]]
|-
|[[Jayu Quta, Ladislao Cabrera|Jayu Quta]] (also known as Miguel y Alex Tejada or Maracanacito crater) || [[Bolivia]]
|-
|[[Laguna del Maule]] || [[Chile]]
|-
|[[Nevado Ojos del Salado]] (likely the highest lake in the world)|| [[Chile]]
|-
|[[Licancabur Lake]] || [[Chile]]
|-
|[[Chaitén (volcano)|Chaitén]] (crater lakes might have disappeared with the 2008-09 eruption)|| [[Chile]]
|-
|[[Aguas Calientes (volcano)|Aguas Calientes]] || [[Chile]]
|-
|[[Acamarachi]] || [[Chile]]
|-
|[[Copahue]] || [[Chile]] / [[Argentina]]
|-
|[[Planchón-Peteroa]] || [[Chile]] / [[Argentina]]
|-
|[[Laguna Potrok Aike]] ([[Pali-Aike Volcanic Field]])|| [[Argentina]]
|-
|[[Aracar]] || [[Argentina]]
|-
|Laguna Diamante, [[Cerro Galán]] || [[Argentina]]
|-
! scope="row" colspan="2"| Antarctica & Subantarctic Islands
|-
|[[Deception Island#Geography|Deception Island]] maare || off [[Antarctic Peninsula]] coast
|-
|Mount Larson crater lake, [[Thule Island]] || [[South Sandwich Islands]]
|-
|small crater lakes on the top of various scoria cones, [[Marion Island]] || [[Prince Edward Islands]]
|-
|Bassin du Cratère (connected to sea since 1780, now an 'almost crater lake'), [[Île Saint-Paul|Saint-Paul]] || [[French Southern and Antarctic Lands|Saint-Paul and Amsterdam Islands]]
|-
|Grand Cratère, [[Île de la Possession]] || [[Crozet Islands]]
|}

== List of meteor crater lakes ==

{| class="wikitable"
! Lake !! Location
|-
! scope="row" colspan="2"| Africa
|-
|[[Lake Bosumtwi]] || [[Ghana]]
|-
|[[Tswaing crater]] || [[South Africa]]
|-
! scope="row" colspan="2"| Oceania
|-
|[[Shoemaker crater]] || Australia, [[Western Australia]]
|-
|[[Acraman crater]] (ephemeral playa lake) || Australia, [[South Australia]]
|-
! scope="row" colspan="2"| Asia
|-
|[[Lonar crater lake]] || India
|-
|[[Karakul (Tajikistan)|Karakul]] || [[Tajikistan]]
|-
|[[Elgygytgyn Lake|Lake El'gygytgyn]] || Russia, [[Chukotka Autonomous Okrug|Chukotka]]
|-
|[[Lake Cheko]] (possibly created in 1908 with the [[Tunguska event]]) || Russia, [[Siberia]]
|-
! scope="row" colspan="2"| Europe
|-
|[[Morasko meteorite nature reserve]] (five of the seven craters contain lakes) || [[Poland]]
|-
|[[Siljan (lake)|Lake Siljan]] || Sweden
|-
|[[Dellen]] || Sweden
|-
|[[Mien (lake)|Mien]] || Sweden
|-
|[[Karikkoselkä]] || [[Finland]]
|-
|[[Lake Lappajärvi]] || [[Finland]]
|-
|[[Lake Yanisyarvi]] || [[Finland]]
|-
|[[Keurusselkä]] || [[Finland]]
|-
|[[Paasselkä]] || [[Finland]]
|-
|[[Saarijärvi crater]] || [[Finland]]
|-
|[[Suvasvesi]] || [[Finland]]
|-
|[[Sääksjärvi]] || [[Finland]]
|-
|[[Lake Kaali]] || [[Estonia]]
|-
|[[Suavjärvi crater]] || Russia, [[Karelia]]
|-
! scope="row" colspan="2"| North America
|-
|[[Lake Manicouagan]] (artificially enlarged by a dam) || Canada, [[Quebec]]
|-
|[[Pingualuit crater]] (formerly called Chubb Crater and later New Quebec Crater) || Canada, [[Quebec]]
|-
|[[Couture crater]] || Canada, [[Quebec]]
|-
|[[Clearwater Lakes]] (lake-filling paired impact craters: [[Lac à l'Eau Claire Est]], [[Lac à l'Eau Claire Ouest]]) || Canada, [[Quebec]]
|-
|[[Mistastin crater]] || Canada, [[Labrador]]
|-
|[[Lake Wanapitei]] || Canada, [[Ontario]]
|-
|Gilmour and Tecumseh Lakes, [[Brent crater]] || Canada, [[Ontario]]
|-
|[[West Hawk Lake]] || Canada, [[Manitoba]]
|-
|[[Gow crater]] || Canada, [[Saskatchewan]]
|-
|[[Pilot crater]] || Canada, [[Northwest Territories]]
|-
|}

== List of artificial crater lakes ==

{| class="wikitable"
! Lake !! Location
|-
! scope="row" colspan="2"| Asia
|-
|[[Lake Chagan]] (crater created in 1965 by a [[Chagan (nuclear test)|nuclear test]], lake still radioactive) || [[Kazakhstan]]
|-
|'Atomic Lake' (crater created in 1971 by nuclear explosions aimed at building the [[Pechora–Kama Canal]]) || Russia, [[Volga Federal District|Volga]]
|-
|}

== List of crater lakes of unclear origin ==

{| class="wikitable"
! Lake !! Location
|-
! scope="row" colspan="2"| South America
|-
|[[Lake Guatavita]] (site of a centuries-old [[El Dorado#Tribal ceremony|treasure hunt]]) || [[Colombia]]
|-
! scope="row" colspan="2"| Asia
|-
|[[Lake Salda]] || [[Turkey]]
|-
|[[Takht-e Soleymān]]<ref>http://whc.unesco.org/uploads/nominations/1077.pdf World Heritage nomination file</ref><ref>http://noviceview.wordpress.com/2010/10/24/takht-e-soleyman-%e2%80%93-50000bc-%e2%80%93-600bc/ Geological development of Takht-e Soleymān</ref> (Throne of Solomon, lake surrounded by an archaeological fortified site)|| [[Iran]]
|-
! scope="row" colspan="2"| Europe
|-
|[[Sirente crater]] (small shallow seasonal lake) || Italy
|-
|}

==See also==
*[[Lava lake]]
*[[Volcanic crater]]
*[[Caldera]]
*[[Types of volcanic eruptions]]
*[[Maar]]
*[[Atoll]]
*[[Impact crater]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}
{{Commons category|Crater lakes}}

=== Further reading ===
* {{Cite book | last= Delmelle | first= Pierre | last2= Bernard | first2= Alain | contribution= Volcanic Lakes | editor-last= Sigurdsson | editor-first= Haraldur | editor-link= Haraldur Sigurdsson | title= Encyclopedia of Volcanoes | place=San Diego | publisher=[[Academic Press]] | publication-date=1999 | pages=877–895 | isbn= 0-12-643140-X | date= 2000 | postscript= <!--None--> }}
* {{cite journal | editor-last = Varekamp | editor-first = Johan C. | editor2-last = Rowe | editor2-first = Gary L., Jr. | title = Crater Lakes | journal = Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research | volume =97 | issue =1–4 | pages =1–508 | publisher = | date =2000 | url =http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=PublicationURL&_tockey=%23TOC%235962%232000%23999029998%23197405%23FLA%23&_cdi=5962&_pubType=J&view=c&_auth=y&_acct=C000029718&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=582538&md5=1911beba4cc7a30b37f932dac1925ca9| doi = 10.1016/S0377-0273(99)00167-5| id = | accessdate = |bibcode = 2000JVGR...97....1C }} (entire volume about crater lakes)
* {{cite journal | last = Pasternack | first = G. B. |author2=Varekamp, J. C. | title = Volcanic lake systematics I. Physical constraints | journal = Bulletin of Volcanology | volume =58 | issue =7 | pages =526–538 | publisher = | date =1997 | url =http://www.springerlink.com/content/fe99wvduu106pwpu/?p=bd7fb6cabac34210ace7b7edcfd9f13a&pi=2 | doi = 10.1007/s004450050160 | accessdate = |bibcode = 1997BVol...58..528P }}
* {{cite journal | editor-last = Kusakabe | editor-first = Minoru | title = Geochemistry of Crater Lakes | journal = Geochemical Journal | volume =28 | issue =3 | pages =137–306 | publisher = | date =1994 | url = http://www.terrapub.co.jp/journals/GJ/frame/28.html | doi = 10.2343/geochemj.28.137| id = | accessdate = }} (entire issue about chemistry of crater lakes)

== External links ==
* [http://www.ulb.ac.be/sciences/cvl/ IAVCEI Commission of Volcanic Lakes]
* [http://www.ulb.ac.be/sciences/cvl/fundamentals.htm IAVCEI Commission of Volcanic Lakes: Some fundamentals about Crater Lakes]
* [http://pasternack.ucdavis.edu/lakes.htm The Science of Volcanic Lakes]
* [http://www.wesleyan.edu/ees/JCV/volclakes.html Volcanic Lakes of the World]
* [http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/volcanowatch/1998/98_11_05.html USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory: Water on volcanoes: heavy rain and crater lakes]
* [http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Glossary/Lakes/framework.html USGS Cascades Volcano Observatory: Volcanic Lakes]
* [http://pasternack.ucdavis.edu/lakes.htm The Science of Volcanic Lakes], Greg Pasternack, U. California Davis
* [http://boundless.uoregon.edu/cdm4/results.php?CISOOP1=exact&CISOFIELD1=CISOSEARCHALL&CISOROOT=/archpnw&CISOBOX1=Crater+Lake+National+Park++Crater+Lake,+Oregon+ Crater Lake National Park] documentation in [http://boundless.uoregon.edu/digcol/archpnw Building Oregon: Architecture of Oregon & the Pacific Northwest] archive
* [https://a.tiles.mapbox.com/v4/npaul.jkfha46g/page.html?access_token=pk.eyJ1IjoibnBhdWwiLCJhIjoiUk90SF9PSSJ9.U4toW7lQupMC2UA7TvmFgA#1/-1/-14 World Volcanic Lakes Map]

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