Crater (disambiguation)

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The word crater can mean:

Landforms

• A crater is a landform resembling a pit or depression, formed by natural processes including erosion, lightning strike, or by human activity such as mining, bombs, or accidental explosions.
• An impact crater can be formed by a meteorite hitting a larger body.
• A subsidence crater is formed by loss of supporting material.
• A volcanic crater, or caldera, may be formed by a volcanic eruption.

Places

• Crater Lake and the surrounding Crater Lake National Park in Oregon.
• The Meteor Crater in New Mexico.
• The Ramon Crater is a depression formed by erosion.
• The Silverpit crater
• List of impact craters on Earth

Persons

• Judge Joseph F. Crater is famous for his 1930 disappearance.

History

• The Battle of the Crater during the American Civil War took place at Fredericksburg, West Virginia in a massive hole formed by a bomb explosion.
• The Moro Crater massacre was an incident in the Philippine-American War.

Astronomy

• The Crater (constellation)
• List of craters on the Moon
• List of craters on Mars
• List of craters on Mercury
• Craters by category