What is the bowl-shaped area around a volcano’s central vent is called?

Crater is the bowl shaped area around a volcano's central vent.

Crater

Explanation:

    Volcano is an opening in the earth's crust (surface layer of the earth) through which materials originating from the mantle are expelled to the surface.

The parts of a volcano are:

The volcanic building is the mountain or structure that forms the volcano.The crater is the “mouth” of the volcano where the material comes into contact with the surface.The volcanic chimney is the path through which liquid or semi-liquid magma passes until it reaches the crater.

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