lavascape

lavascape

English

Etymology

lava +‎ -scape

Noun

lavascape (plural lavascapes)

1. A landscape created by a lava flow or flows.
   • 1922, Charmian London, Our Hawaii: (Islands and Islanders), The Macmillan Company (1922), page 274:

     On through the uncanny, distorted lavascape cautiously we fared under a cloud-rifted sky, and finally left the horses in a small corral of quarried lava, thence proceeding afoot to the House of Fire.

   • 2003, Jeff Greenwald, "Oases in Black", Islands Magazine, January-February 2003:

     The barrier protected this knob of native Hawaiian forest, which continues to rise above the surreal lavascape around it.

   • 2008, Andrew Evans, Iceland, Brandt (2008), →ISBN, page 191:

     In the midst of the spooky black lavascape that is Reykjanes, the ethereal blue waters of these enormous manmade hot springs seem absolutely weird and strangely inviting.

   • For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:lavascape.