Apolaki Caldera - Wikipedia
The Apolaki Caldera is a volcanic caldera with a diameter of 150 kilometers (93 mi), making it the world's largest caldera. It is located within the Benham Rise (Philippine Rise) and was discovered in 2019 by Jenny Anne Barretto, a Filipino marine geophysicist and her team.
The World’s Largest Caldera Discovered In The Philippine Sea - Forbes
2019年10月21日 · It may be the world's largest known caldera with a diameter of ~150 km (93 miles). For comparison, the famous caldera of Yellowstone in Wyoming is only about 60 km (37 miles) wide. The...
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2019年10月23日 · The marine geophysicists group that discovered the existence of the world's largest caldera consists of New Zealand-based Filipino scientist Jenny Anne Barreto, along with co-authors Ray Wood and...
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2019年11月4日 · This particular caldera in Benham Rise, which was named 'Apolaki', exceeded the dimensions of the Yellowstone Caldera in the US and other large calderas in other countries. The Apolaki caldera's size was similar to that of shield calderas such as Olympus Mons on Mars (80 km x 65 km) and Sacajawea on Venus (150 km x 105 km).
Is the world's largest caldera located in the Philippine Rise ...
2019年10月22日 · The crest is named Apolaki Caldera and may be the world’s largest known caldera with a diameter of ~150 km. Features like a breached rim, intra-caldera benches, and a resurgent dome indicate a multi-phase volcanic history consisting of …
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2020年9月24日 · They named this the Apolaki Caldera, a tribute to the "god of sun and war" in Philippine mythology. (The Filipino word "Apolaki" means "giant lord".) This caldera has a diameter of ~150 km, which is 90 km bigger than the Yellowstone Caldera in Wyoming, U.S.A.
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2019年7月6日 · They noted the morphology was consistent with other volcanic calderas, but about 150 kilometres wide – more than three times the diameter of Lake Taupo. The name Apolaki, chosen by Ms Barretto, literally translates to ‘giant lord’ in Filipino - indicating the large size of the caldera.
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2019年10月22日 · The Apolaki Caldera, known to be the world's largest caldera to date, was discovered in Benham Rise by a Pinay marine geophysicist Jenny Anne Barretto and her team. READ: Pinay scientist discovers 'largest caldera' Apolaki in Benham Rise
The giant caldera on Benham Rise, named Apolaki (“giant lord”) after the Filipino mythical god of the sun and war, implies an equally gigantic underlying shallow
Marine Regions · Apolaki Caldera (Caldera)
2023年7月26日 · Apolaki caldera was discovered in 2019 by Filipina marine geophysicistJenny Barretto, along with co-authors Ray Wood and John Milsom. Byexamining in great detail the bathymetric data of the Benham RiseRegion, they discovered the existence of the world’s largest caldera measuring 150 kilometers in diameter.