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What examples of famous volcanic lakes can you name?

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What examples of famous volcanic lakes can you name?

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Some examples of famous volcanic lakes are:

  1. Crater Lake - located in Oregon, USA, known for its deep blue color within a caldera of Mount Mazama.
  2. Lake Toba - located in Indonesia, known to be the largest volcanic lake in the world.
  3. Lake Taupo - located in New Zealand, occupying a caldera created by a supervolcanic eruption.
  4. Lake Atitlán - located in Guatemala, formed in a volcanic crater in the Guatemalan Highlands.
  5. Lake Nyos - located in Cameroon, known for a deadly natural disaster caused by a limnic eruption in 1986.

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