Crater may refer to:
Landforms
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Impact crater
An impact crater is a circular depression in the surface of a solid astronomical object formed by the hypervelocity impact of a smaller object. In contrast to volcanic craters, which result from explosion or internal collapse, impact craters ...
, a depression caused by two celestial bodies impacting each other, such as a meteorite hitting a planet
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Explosion crater
An explosion crater is a type of wikt:crater, crater formed when material is ejected from the surface of the ground by an explosive event at or immediately above or below the surface.
A crater is formed by an explosive event through the displacem ...
, a hole formed in the ground produced by an explosion near or below the surface
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Subsidence crater
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A subsidence crater is a hole or depression left on the surface of an area which has had an underground (usually nuclear) explosion. Many such craters are commonly present at bomb testing areas; one notable example is the Nevada Test S ...
, a depression from an underground (usually nuclear) explosion
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Pit crater
A pit crater (also called a subsidence crater or collapse crater) is a depression formed by a sinking or collapse of the surface lying above a void or empty chamber, rather than by the eruption of a volcano or lava vent. Pit craters are found ...
, a crater that forms through sinking of the surface and not as a vent for lava
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Volcanic crater
A volcanic crater is an approximately circular depression in the ground caused by Volcano, volcanic activity. It is typically a bowl-shaped feature containing one or more vents. During Types of volcanic eruptions, volcanic eruptions, molten magm ...
, a roughly circular depression in the ground caused by volcanic activity
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Caldera
A caldera ( ) is a large cauldron-like hollow that forms shortly after the emptying of a magma chamber in a volcano eruption. When large volumes of magma are erupted over a short time, structural support for the rock above the magma chamber is ...
, a large cauldron-like depression formed following the evacuation of a magma chamber/reservoir
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Maar
A maar is a broad, low-relief volcanic crater caused by a phreatomagmatic eruption (an explosion which occurs when groundwater comes into contact with hot lava or magma). A maar characteristically fills with water to form a relatively shallow ...
, a type of volcanic crate caused by a phreatic eruption or explosion
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Volcanic crater lake
A volcanic crater lake is a lake in a crater that was formed by explosive activity or a collapse during a volcanic eruption.
Formation
Lakes in calderas fill large craters formed by the collapse of a volcano during an eruption. Lakes in maars ...
, including a list of lakes that formed in a volcanic or impact crater
Music
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''Crater'' (Daniel Menche and Mamiffer album), 2016
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Crater (Fission album)
Fission is a Swedish melodic death metal band formed in 2002. The band began as Benny Hägglund's personal project, with the hopes of fusing melody and aggression into his music. After writing some material, he decided to seek aid from Andreas H ...
, 2004
Places
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Crati
The Crati is a river in Calabria, southern Italy. It is the largest river of Calabria and the third largest river of southern Italy after the Volturno and the Sele. In classical antiquity it was known as the Crathis or Crater (Greek: ).
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or Crater, a river of southern Italy
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Crater, California
Crater was an unincorporated community in Inyo County, California. It is located in the Last Chance Range northwest of Ubehebe Crater, at an elevation of 5305 feet (1617 m).
Human activity at the site was primarily concerned with production of ...
, U.S.
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Crater (Aden)
Crater (; ar, كريتر, ), also Kraytar, is a district of the Aden Governorate, Yemen. Its official name is Seera (Arabic: صيرة ''Ṣīrah''). It is situated in a crater of an ancient volcano which forms the Shamsan Mountains. In 1991, the ...
, a district of the Aden Governorate, Yemen
Other uses
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Crater (constellation)
Crater is a small constellation in the southern celestial hemisphere. Its name is the latinization of the Greek ''krater'', a type of cup used to water down wine. One of the 48 constellations listed by the second-century astronomer Ptolemy, it dep ...
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''The Crater'' (novel) an 1847 novel by James Fenimore Cooper
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Joseph F. Crater (fl. 1889–1930), New York judge who disappeared in 1930
See also
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Crater lake (disambiguation)
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Cratering (disambiguation) Cratering may refer to:
* The formation of craters
** Particularly, impact crater
An impact crater is a circular depression in the surface of a solid astronomical object formed by the hypervelocity impact of a smaller object. In contrast to ...
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Krater
A krater or crater ( grc-gre, , ''kratēr'', literally "mixing vessel") was a large two-handled shape of vase in Ancient Greek pottery and metalwork, mostly used for the mixing of wine with water.
Form and function
At a Greek symposium, krat ...
, a Greek vessel used to mix wine and water (the original meaning)
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Machtesh, a crater-like formation created by erosion
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