Crater Lake is a volcanic crater lake in south-central Oregon in the Western United States. It is the main feature of Crater Lake National Park and is a tourist attraction known for its deep blue colo
Panoramic winter view of Crater Lake from Rim Village
Panoramic view of Crater Lake – spring 2016
Simulation of 1949 frozen Crater Lake
Mount Mazama is a complex volcano in the western U.S. state of Oregon, in a segment of the Cascade Volcanic Arc and Cascade Range. The volcano is in Klamath County, in the southern Cascades, 60 miles
Crater Lake
…water clarity. The lake partly fills a 2,148-foot-deep (655 m) caldera that was formed around 7,700 (± 150) years ago by the collapse of the volcano Mount Mazama. No rivers flow into or out of the lake; the evaporation is compensated for by rain and snowfall at a rate such that the total amount of water is…
Mount Mazama collapsed into a caldera, which filled with water to form Crater Lake
Crater Lake, formed in the caldera from Mazama's collapse
Postcaldera activity has included the production of the Wizard Island cinder cone volcano in Crater Lake
Hairy woodpeckers are one of many common bird species in the Mazama and Crater Lake National Park area