jameo

Definitions

A large hole (or sink) formed when the roofs of multiple levels of a lava-tube cave collapse, found most notably in the Canary Islands.

Examples

“[…] volcanic landscape and lived underground in the many tunnels and jameos that flowing lava had created. However, when the conquerors arrived they were surprised to find⟳ a mixture of caves and clumsily constructed stone houses […]”

“[page 66:] […] lava fields there are also frequent structures such as lava channels, mounds and mega-tubes, volcanic tubes and microtubes, jameos, lava terraces, lava cascades, rafted mound, erratic block⟳, lateral and frontal levées—initial […] [page 137:] […] lava tubes—like⟳ the several jameos of the Corona system (Tonello 2017) and those in the Timanfaya National Park⟳ (Fig. 8)—present⟳ striking analogies with collapse chains on the volcanic edifices of Arsia and Olympus Mons on Mars (Fig. 10) […]”

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