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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
It began erupting about 300,000 years ago and the present day caldera was created by an eruption 27,000 years ago called the Oruanui Eruption. Between this and the âTaupo Eruptionâ (1800 years ago) there were at least 26 much smaller eruptions which formed lava domes and spread pumice and ash over nearby areas.