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A caldera is a cauldron-like volcanic feature on large central volcanoes, a special sort of volcanic crater (from one to several kilometers in diameter), formed when a magma chamber was emptied.The depression then originated either in very big explosive eruptions or in erosion and collapse of the magma chamber roof.f volcanic activity continues, the center of the caldera may be uplifted in the form of a resurgent dome such as is seen at Cerro Galan, GalÃ¡n Lake, Toba, yellowstone., etc by subsequent intrusion of. Magma a silicic or rhyolitic caldera may erupt hundreds or even thousands of cubic kilometers of material in a single. event
Caldera at Yellowstone Park, USGS. Caldera at Yellowstone. The caldera at Yellowstone Park is the site of a great supervolcano. It is oval shaped depression in the ground 34-miles by 45-miles.The caldera formed when pyroclastic material exploded out of the volcano's partly emptying the magma chamber causing the roof to collapse. Super Volcano. Introduction. Yellowstone caldera is located in the northwest corner of Wyoming. The is also known as Yellowstone Supervolcano. The caldera measures 34 x 45 miles (55 x 72 km) in size. It is located in Yellowstone National Park visited by over 3.6 million visitors each year.