Toba Caldera

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Toba Caldera is a massive volcanic supervolcano in northern Sumatra, Indonesia, known for one of the largest explosive eruptions in Earth’s history and now largely filled by Lake Toba.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf caldera
supervolcano
volcanic system
calderaLengthKm 100
calderaOrientation northwest–southeast
calderaWidthKm 30
country Indonesia
erupted Toba supereruption
eruptionAge Late Pleistocene
eruptionMagnitude supereruption
eruptionType Plinian
ultra-Plinian
eruptionVEI 8
eruptionVolumeDREKm3 2000
eruptionVolumeTephraKm3 2800
geologicEpoch Pleistocene
linked to: Pleistocene epoch
geologicPeriod Quaternary
hasBodyOfWater Lake Toba
hasCurrentFeature Lake Toba
hot springs
hydrothermal activity
hasHazard ashfall
climate impact
large explosive eruptions
pyroclastic flows
hasIsland Samosir Island
hasResurgentDome Samosir Island
Uluan Peninsula
influenced atmospheric composition
global climate
isMonitoredBy Indonesian Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation
knownFor global climatic effects
one of the largest explosive eruptions in Earth history
locatedIn North Sumatra
Sumatra
locatedNear Great Sumatran Fault
locatedOn Sumatran subduction zone
Sunda Arc
majorEruptionApproxAgeYearsBP 74000
75000
namedAfter Lake Toba
overridingMicroplate Sunda Plate
overridingPlate Eurasian Plate
partOf Pacific Ring of Fire
subductingPlate Indo-Australian Plate
tectonicSetting subduction zone
tourismAttraction Lake Toba region
linked to: Toba Highlands
volcanicRockType dacite
ignimbrite
rhyolite

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Lake Toba locatedIn Toba Caldera
Barisan Mountains contains Lake Toba caldera margins
linked to: Toba Caldera
Sunda Arc contains Toba volcanic complex
linked to: Toba Caldera
Samosir Island partOf Lake Toba caldera
linked to: Toba Caldera
Toba Highlands partOf Toba Caldera region
linked to: Toba Caldera
Toba Highlands associatedWith Toba supervolcano
linked to: Toba Caldera
Toba Caldera Geopark centeredOn Toba Caldera
Toba Caldera Geopark partOf Toba volcanic complex
linked to: Toba Caldera
Tapanuli hasVolcanicFeature Toba Caldera