Mount Warning erosion caldera

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Mount Warning erosion caldera is a large, ancient volcanic caldera in northeastern New South Wales, Australia, renowned for its dramatic ring of eroded cliffs surrounding Mount Warning (Wollumbin).

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Predicate Object
instanceOf erosion caldera
geological formation
volcanic caldera
age Miocene
biome subtropical rainforest and wet sclerophyll forest
centralPeakAlsoKnownAs Wollumbin
country Australia
drainage Tweed River catchment
erodedFrom Tweed shield volcano
linked to: Tweed Volcano
formedBy shield volcano activity
formedByProcess long-term fluvial erosion
weathering of volcanic cone
geologicalSignificance one of the largest erosion calderas in the world
geomorphologicalType erosional remnant of shield volcano
hasCentralPeak Mount Warning
Wollumbin
hasCulturalSignificanceFor Bundjalung people
hasFeature deeply incised valleys
steep escarpment walls
subtropical rainforest remnants
hasOuterRim eroded cliff ring
hasViewOf Pacific Ocean from rim lookouts
highestPoint Mount Warning
locatedIn New South Wales
northeastern New South Wales
locatedOn Australian continent
namedAfter Mount Warning
nearestTown Murwillumbah
notableFor dramatic ring of eroded cliffs
large erosion caldera morphology
partOf Gondwana Rainforests of Australia region
Tweed Volcano system
linked to: Tweed Volcano
protectedBy Border Ranges National Park
Lamington National Park
Nightcap National Park
Wollumbin National Park
region Northern Rivers region of New South Wales
rockType basalt
rhyolite
state New South Wales
surrounds Mount Warning
Wollumbin National Park core area
tourism popular scenic landscape
volcanicProvince Tweed Volcano province
linked to: Tweed Volcano

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Tweed Volcano erodedToForm Mount Warning erosion caldera
Springbrook Plateau hasViewOf Mount Warning caldera rim
linked to: Mount Warning erosion caldera