St. Francois Mountains

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The St. Francois Mountains are an ancient, rugged igneous mountain range in southeastern Missouri, known as one of the oldest exposures of volcanic rock in North America.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
St. Francois Mountains canonical 16
St. Francois Mountains region 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geologic formation ⓘ
igneous mountain range ⓘ
mountain range ⓘ
ageEstimate_years over 1.4 billion ⓘ
contains Bell Mountain ⓘ
Elephant Rocks ⓘ
Hughes Mountain ⓘ
Johnson’s Shut-Ins ⓘ
Pilot Knob ⓘ
Proffit Mountain ⓘ
Taum Sauk Mountain ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
drainage Black River ⓘ
Meramec River ⓘ
St. Francis River ⓘ
elevationOfHighestPoint_ft 1772 ⓘ
elevationOfHighestPoint_m 540 ⓘ
geologicAge Precambrian ⓘ
geologicalNature igneous ⓘ
geologicSignificance exposes core of the Ozark uplift ⓘ
one of the few Precambrian igneous outcrops in the central United States ⓘ
highestPoint Taum Sauk Mountain ⓘ
knownFor ancient exposed igneous rocks ⓘ
being one of the oldest exposures of volcanic rock in North America ⓘ
landformType dissected plateau ⓘ
locatedIn Iron County, Missouri ⓘ
Madison County, Missouri ⓘ
Missouri ⓘ
Reynolds County, Missouri ⓘ
St. Francois County, Missouri ⓘ
southeastern Missouri ⓘ
locatedOn North American continent ⓘ
linked to: North America
namedAfter St. Francis River ⓘ
orogeny Precambrian ⓘ
partOf Ozark Plateau ⓘ
Ozarks ⓘ
linked to: Ozark Plateau
primaryProcesses erosion ⓘ
volcanism ⓘ
protectedAreas Elephant Rocks State Park ⓘ
Johnson’s Shut-Ins State Park ⓘ
Taum Sauk Mountain State Park ⓘ
region Midwestern United States ⓘ
rockType granite ⓘ
rhyolite ⓘ
volcanic rock ⓘ
terrain rugged ⓘ
tourism geological tourism ⓘ
hiking ⓘ
rock climbing ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (17)

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

Ozarks → hasPart → St. Francois Mountains ⓘ
subject linked to: Ozarks region (partly)
Ozark Plateau → hasPart → St. Francois Mountains ⓘ
Interior Highlands → contains → St. Francois Mountains ⓘ
Salem Plateau → boundedBy → St. Francois Mountains ⓘ
Pilot Knob → locatedIn → St. Francois Mountains ⓘ
Elephant Rocks State Park → locatedIn → St. Francois Mountains ⓘ
subject linked to: Elephant Rocks
Taum Sauk Mountain → partOf → St. Francois Mountains ⓘ
Taum Sauk Mountain → range → St. Francois Mountains ⓘ
Taum Sauk Mountain State Park → hasViewOf → St. Francois Mountains ⓘ
Proffit Mountain → locatedIn → St. Francois Mountains ⓘ
Proffit Mountain → mountainRange → St. Francois Mountains ⓘ
Bell Mountain → partOf → St. Francois Mountains ⓘ
St. Francis River → lendsNameTo → St. Francois Mountains ⓘ
St. Francis River → hasSourceRegion → St. Francois Mountains ⓘ
Reynolds County, Missouri → locatedIn → St. Francois Mountains ⓘ
St. Francois County, Missouri → partOf → St. Francois Mountains region ⓘ
linked to: St. Francois Mountains