From historically relevant such as largest attended papal gathering, to the bizarre like the largest serving of balut, the Philippines has been a home for the craziest and biggest world records imaginable. And now, we may just add another impressive record in the track: the biggest caldera in the world.
When a pipe leaks water from under the soil, a small area of land will usually cave in because of the water’s force. Similarly, a caldera is formed when large volumes of magma and debris are erupted, and the volcano collapses downward into the magma chamber, leaving a depression at the surface that ranges from measurable meters to massive kilometers. (Tarbuck, 2019). Now imagine this depression found thousands of feet deep in the Pacific Ocean.