Grjótagjá
Small lava cave with thermal spring and hot lake inside. Earlier the lucid water in the cave was suitable for bathing but in 1975 – 1984 the temperature of water in it exceeded 50° C.
Mbwelesu Crater (Marum Crater) with lava lake
Up to recent times in Mbwelesu side crater of the greater Marum crater was located one of the rare lava lakes. This was one of the greatest views on Earth.
Benbow Crater with lava lake
A spectacular, very deep hole with vertical walls where for the most time is observed a lava lake. Acid rain formed by the gases from craters has burned approximately 100 km² large plain in the jungle of Vanuatu. Here live specially adapted organisms – insects, orchids.
Halemaumau Crater with lava lake, Kilauea
The most active volcano in the world could be Kilauea in Hawaii. The caldera of this volcano contains Halemaumau Crater, where until 2018 was a lava lake.
Mount Erebus – the southernmost active volcano
One of the few constant glowing lava lakes in the world. Here are found large anorthoclase crystals in the center of the caldera of the volcano.
Mount Nyiragongo – volcano with lava lake
One of the few volcanos in the world with a nearly permanent lava lake in it. Height of the mountain – 3,470 m. Depth of lava lake has reached up to 600 m. Eruptions produce very fluid lava of rare type. The speed of lava flows here can reach 100 km/h and the volcano is very steep.
Erta Ale
One of the most active volcanos in the world, with a constant lava lake (sometimes two lakes) in the crater, known since 1906. None of the other known lava lakes in the world have such a long lifetime.
Aouk Underground River
Amazing system of more than 6 km long underground passages with one of the most powerful underground rivers in the world. System has three tiankengs.
Hypersaline lakes beneath the Devon Ice Cap
Two very unusual lakes under the thick ice of Devon Island. These lakes, most likely, are hypersaline and not freezing at the temperature that is constantly below -10.5°C.
Cenote Angelita or… “The Nightmare”
Unique water-filled sinkhole with a ghostly layer of hydrogen sulfate at the depth of some 30 m and seawater below it.
