Crater

Crater may refer to:

In landforms:

• Impact crater, caused by two celestial bodies impacting each other, such as a meteorite hitting a planet
• Volcanic crater or caldera, formed by volcanic activity
• Subsidence crater, from an underground (usually nuclear) explosion
• A maar crater, a relief crater caused by a phreatic eruption or explosion
• pit crater, a crater that forms through sinking of the surface and not as a vent for lava
• Crater lake
• Explosion crater, a hole formed in the ground produced by an explosion near or below the surface
• Machtesh, a crater-like formation created by erosion.

Other:

• Crater, California, in Inyo County
• Cratering, when reindeer dig for lichens that sustain them in winter months
• Crater (constellation)
• Joseph F. Crater, a New York judge who mysteriously and famously disappeared in 1930
• An alternate ancient name for the Crathis, a river of southern Italy
• Crater (Yemen)