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.

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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 (22)

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
Tweed Caldera → partOf → Tweed Volcano ⓘ
Tweed Caldera → hasAlternativeName → Tweed Volcano Caldera ⓘ
linked to: Tweed Volcano
Mount Warning erosion caldera → partOf → Tweed Volcano system ⓘ
linked to: Tweed Volcano
Mount Warning erosion caldera → erodedFrom → Tweed shield volcano ⓘ
linked to: Tweed Volcano
Mount Warning erosion caldera → volcanicProvince → Tweed Volcano province ⓘ
linked to: Tweed Volcano
Border Ranges → hasGeologicalOrigin → Tweed Volcano ⓘ
Wollumbin → formedFrom → Tweed Volcano ⓘ
Nightcap Range → formedFrom → Tweed Volcano ⓘ
Tweed Range → partOf → Tweed Volcano caldera ⓘ
linked to: Tweed Volcano
Fingal Head → geologyOrigin → Tweed Volcano ⓘ
Green Cauldron region → contains → Tweed Volcano caldera ⓘ
linked to: Tweed Volcano
Tweed River region → partOf → Tweed Volcano caldera ⓘ
linked to: Tweed Volcano