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[[File:Crater Lake Oregon Trip (2710602847).jpg | thumb | Crater Lake is a popular tourist destination.]]
[[File:Crater Lake Oregon Trip (2710602847).jpg | thumb | Crater Lake is a popular tourist destination, with 750,000 visitors, in 2016.<ref name=NpsPlanCraterLake/> ]]
'''Crater Lake''' is a deep lake in [[Oregon]] that formed in a [[volcanic crater]].<ref name=UsgsCraterBathymetry/>
'''Crater Lake''' is a deep lake in [[Oregon (U.S. state)|Oregon]] that formed in a [[volcanic crater]].<ref name=UsgsCraterBathymetry/>  The lake is {{convert | 1943 | ft | m}} deep, and is believed to be the deepest lake in North America.
 
A volcanic eruption created the crater, 7,700 years ago.<ref name=NpsDeepWater/>


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Latest revision as of 09:51, 5 August 2023

File:Crater Lake Oregon Trip (2710602847).jpg
Crater Lake is a popular tourist destination, with 750,000 visitors, in 2016.[1]

Crater Lake is a deep lake in Oregon that formed in a volcanic crater.[2] The lake is 1943  ft (592.23  m) deep, and is believed to be the deepest lake in North America.

A volcanic eruption created the crater, 7,700 years ago.[3]

References