Siljan Ring

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Siljan Ring is a large ancient meteorite impact crater and lake system in central Sweden, known for its distinctive circular landscape and geological significance.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Siljan Ring canonical 2
Siljan 1
Siljan Ring geological area 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geological formation ⓘ
impact crater ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
age about 377 million years ⓘ
closestMajorCity Falun ⓘ
contains Devonian sedimentary rocks ⓘ
Ordovician sedimentary rocks ⓘ
Silurian sedimentary rocks ⓘ
country Sweden ⓘ
diameter about 52 kilometers ⓘ
discoveredBy Arvid Högbom ⓘ
discoveryYear 1909 ⓘ
evidence shatter cones ⓘ
shocked quartz ⓘ
geologicalPeriod Devonian ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity agriculture ⓘ
forestry ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
hasFeature annular lakes ⓘ
central uplift ⓘ
ring-shaped topography ⓘ
hasPart Lake Oresjön ⓘ
Lake Orsasjön ⓘ
Lake Siljan ⓘ
Lake Skattungen ⓘ
Lake Venjan ⓘ
hasRecreationalUse boating ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
hiking ⓘ
impactCraterStatus confirmed impact structure ⓘ
impactEvent Siljan impact event ⓘ
impactingBody meteorite ⓘ
impactStructureType complex crater ⓘ
knownFor distinctive circular landscape ⓘ
geological significance ⓘ
well-preserved impact structure ⓘ
locatedIn Dalarna County ⓘ
central Sweden ⓘ
nearbySettlement Leksand ⓘ
Mora ⓘ
Orsa ⓘ
Rättvik ⓘ
partOf Fennoscandian Shield ⓘ
region Siljan region ⓘ
shape circular ⓘ
studiedIn geophysical surveys ⓘ
impact cratering research ⓘ
paleoclimate research ⓘ
underlainBy Precambrian basement rocks ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

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

Leksand → hasGeographicFeature → Siljan Ring ⓘ
Lake Siljan → partOf → Siljan Ring ⓘ
Lake Siljan → hasNearbyAttraction → Siljan Ring geological area ⓘ
linked to: Siljan Ring
Rättvik → hasAttraction → Siljan lakeside area ⓘ
linked to: Siljan Ring
Grenland → hasCentralArea → Siljan ⓘ
linked to: Siljan Ring