Tweed Volcano

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Tweed Volcano is an ancient, massive shield volcano in northeastern New South Wales and southeastern Queensland, Australia, whose eroded caldera forms the dramatic landscape of the surrounding region.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Tweed Volcano canonical 4
Tweed Volcano caldera 2
Tweed Shield Volcano 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf hotspot volcano
shield volcano
alsoKnownAs Tweed Shield Volcano
linked to: Tweed Volcano

Tweed Volcano complex
linked to: Tweed Volcano
calderaDiameter approximately 40 kilometres
composition basaltic lavas
rhyolitic lavas
trachyte
country Australia
diameter approximately 100 kilometres
drainageSystem Brunswick River
Richmond River headwaters
Tweed River NERFINISHED
erodedToForm Mount Warning erosion caldera
Tweed Caldera
eruptionAgeEnd about 20 million years ago
eruptionAgeStart about 23 million years ago
formedBy hotspot volcanism
formsPartOf Gondwana Rainforests of Australia World Heritage Area
geologicalAge Miocene
hasCaldera Tweed Caldera
hasLandUse agricultural valleys
rainforest conservation areas
urban settlements in caldera floor
highestRemnant Wollumbin Mount Warning
linked to: Mount Warning
influencesLandscapeOf Border Ranges
Gold Coast hinterland
Lamington Plateau
Nightcap Range
Tweed Valley
locatedIn New South Wales
Queensland
locatedInRegion northeastern New South Wales
southeastern Queensland
locatedOnContinent Australia
notableFeature one of the largest erosion calderas in the world
notableFor dramatic erosion caldera topography
high biodiversity in remnant rainforests
rich volcanic soils
partOf Australian continent
linked to: Sahul landmass

East Australian hotspot track
remnantsInclude Border Ranges National Park escarpments
Lamington National Park plateau
Springbrook Plateau
linked to: O’Reillys plateau

Wollumbin Mount Warning
linked to: Mount Warning
status extinct
volcanoType shield volcano

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Referenced by (9)

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

McPherson Range geologicalOrigin Tweed Volcano
Tweed Volcano alsoKnownAs Tweed Shield Volcano
linked to: Tweed Volcano
Tweed Volcano alsoKnownAs Tweed Volcano complex
linked to: Tweed Volcano
Gold Coast hinterland geology remnants of Tweed Volcano
linked to: Tweed Volcano
Mount Warning geologicalOrigin Tweed Volcano
Mount Warning locatedIn Tweed Volcano caldera
linked to: Tweed Volcano
Mount Barney geologicalOrigin Tweed Volcano
Tweed Valley partOf Tweed Volcano caldera
linked to: Tweed Volcano