Photo passing the Phantom Ship, one of two islands in the lake.  The Phantom Ship is a volcanic dike, that was part of the original volcano.  As the mountain collapsed, part of the hard rock of the dike remained jutting up into the air among the ruins of the collapsed mountain.  Now this portion of the dike is an island.

Crater Lake's other island is called Wizard Island.  It is a cinder cone caused by some "last gasp"
eruptions after the mountain collapsed.
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