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The lake partly fills a nearly 4,000 foot (1,220 m) deep caldera[1] that was formed around 5,677 (± 150) BC[2] by the collapse of the volcano Mount Mazama.

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The lake was renamed at least three times, as Blue Lake, Lake Majesty, and finally Crater Lake.[

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Crater Lake is known for the "Old Man of the Lake", a full-sized tree that has been bobbing vertically in the lake for more than a century.[5] Due to the cold water of the lake, the tree has been rather well preserved.

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The commemorative Oregon State Quarter, which was released by the United States Mint in 2005, features an image of Crater Lake on its reverse side.[7]

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The lake is 5 by 6 miles (8 by 9.6 km) across with an average depth of 1,148 feet (350 m).

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which is situated under nearly 13,000 feet (4000 m) of Antarctic ice, and the recent soundings of O'Higgins/San Martín Lake,

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However, on the basis of comparing average depths among the world's deepest lakes, Crater Lake becomes the deepest lake in the Western Hemisphere and the third deepest in the world.[

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