Monts du Cantal

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Monts du Cantal is a large ancient volcanic mountain range in France’s Massif Central, known for its eroded peaks, pastoral landscapes, and central role in the Auvergne volcanic region.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Monts du Cantal canonical 17
Cantal massif 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf mountain range ⓘ
volcanic massif ⓘ
age Miocene ⓘ
Pliocene ⓘ
linked to: Pliocene epoch
centralRoleIn Auvergne volcanic region ⓘ
climate mountain oceanic climate ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country France ⓘ
drainageBasin Allier basin ⓘ
Dordogne basin ⓘ
Lot basin ⓘ
elevation 1783 m ⓘ
1855 m ⓘ
erodedBy fluvial erosion ⓘ
glaciation ⓘ
famousFor Cantal cheese production area ⓘ
formationPeriod approximately 13 million to 3 million years ago ⓘ
geologicalOrigin stratovolcano ⓘ
highestPoint Plomb du Cantal ⓘ
landscapeFeature cirques ⓘ
cols ⓘ
deep radial valleys ⓘ
pastoral plateaus ⓘ
landUse cattle grazing ⓘ
pastoral farming ⓘ
locatedIn Massif Central ⓘ
locatedInDepartment Aveyron ⓘ
Cantal ⓘ
Haute-Loire ⓘ
Lozère ⓘ
Puy-de-Dôme ⓘ
locatedInRegion Auvergne ⓘ
nearTown Aurillac ⓘ
Murat ⓘ
Saint-Flour ⓘ
notablePeak Plomb du Cantal ⓘ
Puy Griou ⓘ
Puy Mary ⓘ
Puy de Peyre-Arse ⓘ
Puy de la Tourte ⓘ
Puy de l’Usclade ⓘ
partOf Parc naturel régional des Volcans d’Auvergne ⓘ
status extinct volcano ⓘ
tourismActivity cycling ⓘ
hiking ⓘ
paragliding ⓘ
skiing ⓘ
volcanicProvince Chaîne des Puys–Limagne fault tectonic area ⓘ
linked to: Chaîne des Puys
volcanicType eroded stratovolcano remnant ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (19)

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

Auvergne → contains → Monts du Cantal ⓘ
Cantal department → namedAfter → Monts du Cantal ⓘ
Alagnon → sourceRegion → Monts du Cantal ⓘ
Plomb du Cantal → mountainRange → Monts du Cantal ⓘ
Plomb du Cantal → hasPanoramicViewOver → Monts du Cantal ⓘ
Puy Mary viewpoint → partOf → Monts du Cantal ⓘ
Pas de Peyrol → mountainRange → Monts du Cantal ⓘ
Pas de Peyrol → hasPanoramicViewOf → Monts du Cantal ⓘ
Puy Mary → mountainRange → Monts du Cantal ⓘ
Puy Mary → hasPanoramaOf → Monts du Cantal ⓘ
Puy Griou → mountainRange → Monts du Cantal ⓘ
Puy Griou → offersViewOf → Monts du Cantal ⓘ
Puy de Peyre-Arse → mountainRange → Cantal massif ⓘ
linked to: Monts du Cantal
Puy de Peyre-Arse → hasViewOf → Cantal massif ⓘ
linked to: Monts du Cantal
Montboudif → nearestMajorMountainRange → Monts du Cantal ⓘ
subject linked to: Montboudif, Cantal, France
Artense → locatedNear → Monts du Cantal ⓘ
Cantal region → mountainRange → Monts du Cantal ⓘ
Le Lioran ski area → locatedIn → Monts du Cantal ⓘ