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nouna bowl-shaped geological formation at the top of a volcano
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nouna faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near Hydra and Corvus
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- collector a crater that has collected cosmic material hitting the earth
- copernicus a conspicuous crater on the Moon
- caldera a large crater caused by the violent explosion of a volcano that collapses into a depression
- maar a flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion; often filled with water
- crater lake national park a national park in Oregon having the deepest lake in the United States in the crater of an extinct volcano
- lunar crater a crater on the Earth's Moon
- aristarchus a bright crater on the Moon
- silversword low-growing plant found only in volcanic craters on Hawaii having rosettes of narrow pointed silver-green leaves and clusters of profuse red-purple flowers on a tall stem
- argyroxiphium sandwicense low-growing plant found only in volcanic craters on Hawaii having rosettes of narrow pointed silver-green leaves and clusters of profuse red-purple flowers on a tall stem