Lochnagar Crater

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Lochnagar Crater is a massive World War I mine crater in the Somme region of France, created by a huge British underground explosion on the first day of the Battle of the Somme and now preserved as a memorial site.

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Lochnagar Crater canonical 2
Lochnagar Crater Foundation 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War I battlefield site
mine crater
war memorial
battlefieldSector La Boisselle sector
linked to: La Boisselle
commemorates Allied soldiers of World War I
British soldiers of World War I
victims of the Battle of the Somme
coordinatesApprox 50.015°N 2.713°E
country France
createdBy British Army
createdDuring Battle of the Somme
World War I
createdOn 1916-07-01
depthApprox 21 metres
70 feet
diameterApprox 300 feet
90 metres
explosiveChargeMassApprox 27,000 kilograms of ammonal
60,000 pounds of ammonal
front Western Front
hasCategory Battle of the Somme memorials
Craters in France
World War I memorials in France
hasFeature information boards about the battle
memorial crosses and plaques
wooden walkway and viewing platforms
languageOfSignage English
French
locatedIn France
Hauts-de-France
Somme department
linked to: Somme (department)
memorialDayEvent annual 1 July remembrance ceremony
nameOrigin Lochnagar Street trench
near Albert, Somme
La Boisselle
notableFor being one of the largest man-made mine craters of World War I
openToPublic true
operationType underground mine explosion
ownedBy Lochnagar Crater Foundation
linked to: Lochnagar Crater
partOf Somme battlefields
preservedSinceApprox 1970s
region Picardy
status preserved
private memorial site
tourismType battlefield tourism site
tunnelDugBy British tunnelling companies

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Somme containsFeature Lochnagar Crater
subject linked to: Somme, France
Somme (department) containsMemorial Lochnagar Crater
Lochnagar Crater ownedBy Lochnagar Crater Foundation
linked to: Lochnagar Crater