The largest high-elevation lake in North America, located within Yellowstone National Park in the western United States and sitting atop part of the Yellowstone volcanic caldera. Its cold waters support one of the largest inland populations of native cutthroat trout.
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The lake is 7,732 feet (2,357 m) above sea level and covers 136 square miles (350 km2) with 110 miles (180 km) of shoreline.
Shaped By: Caldera Formation, Formation statement for target 287655
After the magma chamber under the Yellowstone area collapsed 640,000 years ago in its previous great eruption, it formed a large caldera that was later partially filled by subsequent lava flows (see Yellowstone Caldera).
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