Toba Caldera

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Toba Caldera is a massive volcanic supervolcano in northern Sumatra, Indonesia, known for one of the largest explosive eruptions in Earth’s history and now largely filled by Lake Toba.

All labels observed (6)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf caldera ⓘ
supervolcano ⓘ
volcanic system ⓘ
calderaLengthKm 100 ⓘ
calderaOrientation northwest–southeast ⓘ
calderaWidthKm 30 ⓘ
country Indonesia ⓘ
erupted Toba supereruption ⓘ
eruptionAge Late Pleistocene ⓘ
eruptionMagnitude supereruption ⓘ
eruptionType Plinian ⓘ
ultra-Plinian ⓘ
eruptionVEI 8 ⓘ
eruptionVolumeDREKm3 2000 ⓘ
eruptionVolumeTephraKm3 2800 ⓘ
geologicEpoch Pleistocene ⓘ
linked to: Pleistocene epoch
geologicPeriod Quaternary ⓘ
hasBodyOfWater Lake Toba ⓘ
hasCurrentFeature Lake Toba ⓘ
hot springs ⓘ
hydrothermal activity ⓘ
hasHazard ashfall ⓘ
climate impact ⓘ
large explosive eruptions ⓘ
pyroclastic flows ⓘ
hasIsland Samosir Island ⓘ
hasResurgentDome Samosir Island ⓘ
Uluan Peninsula ⓘ
influenced atmospheric composition ⓘ
global climate ⓘ
isMonitoredBy Indonesian Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation ⓘ
knownFor global climatic effects ⓘ
one of the largest explosive eruptions in Earth history ⓘ
locatedIn North Sumatra ⓘ
Sumatra ⓘ
locatedNear Great Sumatran Fault ⓘ
locatedOn Sumatran subduction zone ⓘ
Sunda Arc ⓘ
majorEruptionApproxAgeYearsBP 74000 ⓘ
75000 ⓘ
namedAfter Lake Toba ⓘ
overridingMicroplate Sunda Plate ⓘ
overridingPlate Eurasian Plate ⓘ
partOf Pacific Ring of Fire ⓘ
subductingPlate Indo-Australian Plate ⓘ
tectonicSetting subduction zone ⓘ
tourismAttraction Lake Toba region ⓘ
linked to: Toba Highlands
volcanicRockType dacite ⓘ
ignimbrite ⓘ
rhyolite ⓘ

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Referenced by (10)

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

Lake Toba → locatedIn → Toba Caldera ⓘ
Barisan Mountains → contains → Lake Toba caldera margins ⓘ
linked to: Toba Caldera
Sunda Arc → contains → Toba volcanic complex ⓘ
linked to: Toba Caldera
Samosir Island → partOf → Lake Toba caldera ⓘ
linked to: Toba Caldera
Toba Highlands → partOf → Toba Caldera region ⓘ
linked to: Toba Caldera
Toba Highlands → associatedWith → Toba supervolcano ⓘ
linked to: Toba Caldera
Toba Caldera Geopark → centeredOn → Toba Caldera ⓘ
Toba Caldera Geopark → partOf → Toba volcanic complex ⓘ
linked to: Toba Caldera
Tapanuli → hasVolcanicFeature → Toba Caldera ⓘ