Large, 2,860 m tall volcano which has an intermittent lava lake in its 50 m wide craters. Summit of the volcano is permanently covered with snow and glaciers.
Lava lake of Villarrica volcano, Chile. / Maxcostas, Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0
Villarrica volcano is included in the following article:
Lava lakes of the world in 2019 / Wondermondo / public domain
In October 2019 we have seven existing lava lakes on Earth. Three more existed for a longer time in the recent past. Besides this, since the year 2000 short-lived lava lakes and lava ponds existed in 11 more places. Wondermondo has listed them all in this article.
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