Paoha Island

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Paoha Island is a large volcanic island in California’s Mono Lake, formed by relatively recent volcanic activity and known for its striking, barren landscape.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Paoha Island canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf volcanic island ⓘ
access reachable only by boat ⓘ
administrativeRegion State of California ⓘ
basinCountry United States ⓘ
bodyOfWater Mono Lake ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
ecosystem arid, sparsely vegetated environment ⓘ
elevation approximately 1,950 meters above sea level ⓘ
approximately 6,400 feet above sea level ⓘ
formationProcess volcanic activity ⓘ
geologicalAge Holocene ⓘ
formed within the last few thousand years ⓘ
geologicalSetting Basin and Range Province ⓘ
Mono-Inyo Craters volcanic chain ⓘ
linked to: Mono-Inyo Craters
hasHazard potential volcanic activity in broader region ⓘ
hasNearbyIsland Negit Island ⓘ
humanPopulation uninhabited ⓘ
lakeTypeContext alkaline lake environment ⓘ
hypersaline lake environment ⓘ
locatedIn California ⓘ
Eastern California ⓘ
linked to: eastern California

Great Basin ⓘ
Long Valley volcanic region ⓘ
linked to: Long Valley Caldera

Mono County, California ⓘ
location Mono Lake ⓘ
nameLanguage likely derived from a Native American language associated with the Mono Basin ⓘ
nearbyCity Lee Vining, California ⓘ
linked to: Lee Vining
nearbyHighway U.S. Route 395 ⓘ
notableFor contrast with surrounding Sierra Nevada scenery ⓘ
recent volcanic origin ⓘ
striking barren appearance ⓘ
partOf Mono Lake Tufa State Natural Reserve ⓘ
protectedAreaStatus within Mono Lake Tufa State Natural Reserve ⓘ
relativeLocation east of the Sierra Nevada ⓘ
north of the center of Mono Lake ⓘ
scientificInterest site for studies of lake–volcano interactions ⓘ
site for studies of recent volcanism ⓘ
surfaceFeature barren landscape ⓘ
fumarole deposits ⓘ
hot spring deposits ⓘ
light-colored lakebed sediments ⓘ
steep shorelines ⓘ
tourismRole landscape feature viewed from Mono Lake shoreline ⓘ
volcanicType dacitic lava dome complex ⓘ
phreatic eruption remnant ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Mono Lake → hasIsland → Paoha Island ⓘ
Mono-Inyo Craters → contains → Paoha Island ⓘ