Morro–Islay volcanic field

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The Morro–Islay volcanic field is a chain of ancient volcanic plugs and related formations along the central California coast, notable for landmarks such as Morro Rock.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Morro–Islay volcanic field canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf volcanic field ⓘ
composition igneous rock ⓘ
contains dikes ⓘ
sills ⓘ
volcanic plugs ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
eruptionStatus extinct ⓘ
exposedBy erosion ⓘ
featureType chain of ancient volcanic plugs ⓘ
formedBy subvolcanic intrusions ⓘ
formedDuring Neogene period ⓘ
linked to: Neogene
geologicalAge Miocene ⓘ
hasGeologicalInterest study of Miocene volcanism in coastal California ⓘ
hasPart Bishop Peak ⓘ
Black Hill ⓘ
Cerro Cabrillo ⓘ
Cerro Caliente ⓘ
Cerro Romualdo ⓘ
Cerro San Luis Obispo ⓘ
Hollister Peak ⓘ
Islay Hill ⓘ
Morro Rock ⓘ
hasTourismAttraction Bishop Peak hiking trails ⓘ
Morro Rock Natural Preserve ⓘ
lastEruption Miocene epoch ⓘ
linked to: Miocene
locatedIn California ⓘ
San Luis Obispo County ⓘ
central California coast ⓘ
namedAfter Islay Hill ⓘ
Morro Rock ⓘ
near city of Morro Bay ⓘ
linked to: Morro Bay

city of San Luis Obispo ⓘ
notableFor Morro Rock ⓘ
Nine Sisters chain of peaks ⓘ
overlies Franciscan Complex ⓘ
Mesozoic basement rocks ⓘ
partOf Coast Ranges of California ⓘ
linked to: Coastal Ranges

Nine Sisters volcanic chain ⓘ
region Pacific Coast ⓘ
linked to: Pacific Ocean coast
rockType andesite ⓘ
dacite ⓘ
rhyolite ⓘ
tectonicSetting continental margin ⓘ

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

Morro Rock → volcanicField → Morro–Islay volcanic field ⓘ