lava tube

Japanese: lava tube(英語表記)lavatube
lava tube

...A tunnel-like cavity that occurs in a thick, fluid basaltic lava flow. Small ones are called lava tubes. They can be up to several meters in diameter and several kilometers long.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "lava tube" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…玄武岩質の流動性に富む厚い溶岩流中に生じるトンネル状の空洞。小規模のものは溶岩チューブlava tubeと呼ばれる。直径は最大数mくらいで長さは数km以上のものもある。…

※「lava tube」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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