The crater, which formed when a large volcano erupted and collapsed on itself two to three million years ago, is 610 metres (2,000 feet) deep and its floor covers 260 square kilometres (100 …

Dec 14, 2018 · Chimborazo is Ecuador’s highest peak and active volcano, and is part of the Cordillera Occidental range of the Northern Andean Volcanic Zone. This volcano is actually …

Ngorongoro Crater, extinct volcanic caldera in the Eastern (Great) Rift Valley, northern Tanzania. It lies 75 miles (120 km) west of the town of Arusha. The caldera measures between 10 and …

Take almost 30,000 large mammals and place them inside the crater of an extinct volcano. Add about 264 square kilometres (102 square miles) of wetlands, forests and grasslands, and the …

Jun 21, 2024 · The world’s largest volcanic crater is the Ngorongoro Crater in Northern Tanzania. It was once a gigantic volcano and is now the largest intact caldera in the world. What is the …

Jul 25, 2019 · Calderas are large craters formed by volcanic explosions or by unsupported surface rock collapsing into empty magma chambers beneath the ground. They sometimes …

A volcanic crater can be of large dimensions, and sometimes of great depth. During certain types of explosive eruptions, a volcano's magma chamber may empty enough for an area above it to …

Jun 20, 2024 · Where is the largest volcanic crater area? The largest volcanic crater area is the Ngorongoro Crater, which is located in northern Tanzania, 75 miles west of the town of …

Mar 5, 2023 · The Ngorongoro Crater is the largest intact and unfilled volcanic caldera, measuring around 20 kilometers or 12 miles in diameter. The prehistoric volcano would have been a large …

The Ngorongoro Crater in Northern Tanzania, once a gigantic volcano, is the largest intact caldera in the world. Some maintain that before it erupted, it would have been higher than Mt …