Tweed Caldera

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Tweed Caldera is a large, ancient volcanic caldera in northeastern New South Wales, Australia, known for its eroded ring-shaped landscape surrounding Mount Warning (Wollumbin).

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Tweed Caldera canonical 3
Tweed Caldera landscape 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geological formation
volcanic caldera
approximateAgeInMillionsOfYears 23
contains Border Ranges National Park
Lamington National Park
Mount Warning
Mount Warning National Park
Nightcap National Park
Numinbah Valley
Springbrook National Park
Tweed Valley
Wollumbin
country Australia
drainedBy Brunswick River
Richmond River
Tweed River
formedBy hotspot volcanism
shield volcano
geologicalAge Miocene
hasAlternativeName Tweed Volcano Caldera
linked to: Tweed Volcano
hasApproximateLengthInKilometers 50
hasApproximateWidthInKilometers 40
hasCentralFeature Mount Warning
Wollumbin
hasDiameterInKilometers 40
hasDominantRockType basalt
rhyolite
hasHighestPoint Mount Warning
hasHighestPointElevationInMeters 1159
hasShape ring-shaped landscape
hasSignificance major landscape feature of the Northern Rivers region
hasUNESCOWorldHeritageStatus true
isAncient true
isEroded true
isExtinctVolcano true
isOneOf largest erosion calderas in the world
isTouristDestination true
locatedIn New South Wales
Northern Rivers region
linked to: Northern Rivers

northeastern New South Wales
locatedNear Gold Coast
Queensland border
namedAfter Tweed River
partOf Gondwana Rainforests of Australia
Tweed Volcano
supports high biodiversity
subtropical rainforest ecosystems

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tweed Volcano hasCaldera Tweed Caldera
Tweed Volcano erodedToForm Tweed Caldera
Wollumbin isPartOf Tweed Caldera
Wollumbin National Park partOf Tweed Caldera landscape
linked to: Tweed Caldera