A wide view of Wizard Island and Crater Lake,with snow in the foreground and scattered snow on some of the peaks in the caldera

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Wizard Island was created after Mount Mazama, a large stratovolcano, erupted violently approximately 7,700 years ago, forming its caldera which now contains Crater Lake. Following the cataclysmic caldera-forming eruption, which left a hole about 4,000 feet (1,200 m) deep where the mountain had once stood, a series of smaller eruptions over the next several hundred years formed several cinder cones on the caldera floor. The highest of these cones, the only one to rise above the current lake level, is Wizard Island, which rises over 2,700 feet (820 m) above the lowest point on the caldera floor and the deepest point in the lake.

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Size: 3520px × 2342px
Location: Crater Lake National Park, Oregon, USA
Photo credit: © Vincent Palermo / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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