Fort Rock

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Fort Rock is a striking ring-shaped volcanic tuff formation in central Oregon known for its towering cliffs and significant archaeological sites.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Fort Rock canonical 3
Fort Rock (volcanic landmark) 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf archaeological site ⓘ
geologic formation ⓘ
maar ⓘ
volcanic tuff ring ⓘ
approximateDiameter about 1,400 meters ⓘ
about 4,600 feet ⓘ
archaeologicalFind sagebrush-bark sandals ⓘ
archaeologicalFindAge over 9,000 years old ⓘ
associatedWith Fort Rock Basin National Natural Landmark ⓘ
linked to: Fort Rock Basin
associatedWithArchaeologist Luther Cressman ⓘ
containedAncientLakeShorelines true ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
county Lake County ⓘ
designatedAsNationalNaturalLandmark 1966 ⓘ
designation National Natural Landmark ⓘ
distanceToBend roughly 70 miles southeast of Bend, Oregon ⓘ
distanceToNearestTown about 1 mile northwest of Fort Rock, Oregon ⓘ
elevation approximately 4,300 feet above sea level ⓘ
evidenceOf early human occupation in the Great Basin ⓘ
feature breached rim on the west side ⓘ
steep inner cliffs ⓘ
tuff ring crater ⓘ
wave-cut terraces ⓘ
formedIn Pleistocene epoch ⓘ
geologicAge Pleistocene ⓘ
geologicComposition volcanic tuff ⓘ
geologicOrigin phreatomagmatic eruption ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalSignificance true ⓘ
hasTrail loop trail inside the ring ⓘ
height cliffs up to about 200 feet high ⓘ
knownFor Fort Rock sandals discovery ⓘ
ancient Native American archaeological sites ⓘ
landformType volcanic landform ⓘ
locatedIn Great Basin region ⓘ
linked to: Great Basin

Lake County, Oregon ⓘ
Oregon ⓘ
United States ⓘ
locatedNear community of Fort Rock, Oregon ⓘ
managedBy Oregon Parks and Recreation Department ⓘ
nearestHighway Oregon Route 31 ⓘ
partOf Fort Rock Basin ⓘ
Fort Rock State Natural Area ⓘ
popularFor geology viewing ⓘ
hiking ⓘ
photography ⓘ
region central Oregon ⓘ
linked to: Central Oregon
shape ring-shaped ⓘ
state Oregon ⓘ
touristAttraction true ⓘ

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

Fort Rock, Oregon → namedAfter → Fort Rock (volcanic landmark) ⓘ
linked to: Fort Rock
Fort Rock, Oregon → locatedNear → Fort Rock (volcanic landmark) ⓘ
linked to: Fort Rock