Tweed Volcano

E232949
hotspot volcano shield volcano

Tweed Volcano is an ancient, massive shield volcano in northeastern New South Wales and southeastern Queensland, Australia, whose eroded caldera forms the dramatic landscape of the surrounding region.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Tweed Volcano canonical 4
Tweed Volcano caldera 2
Tweed Shield Volcano 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf hotspot volcano ⓘ
shield volcano ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Tweed Volcano ⓘ
surface form: Tweed Shield Volcano

Tweed Volcano ⓘ
surface form: Tweed Volcano complex
calderaDiameter approximately 40 kilometres ⓘ
composition basaltic lavas ⓘ
rhyolitic lavas ⓘ
trachyte ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
diameter approximately 100 kilometres ⓘ
drainageSystem Brunswick River ⓘ
Richmond River headwaters ⓘ
Tweed River NERFINISHED ⓘ
erodedToForm Mount Warning erosion caldera ⓘ
Tweed Caldera ⓘ
eruptionAgeEnd about 20 million years ago ⓘ
eruptionAgeStart about 23 million years ago ⓘ
formedBy hotspot volcanism ⓘ
formsPartOf Gondwana Rainforests of Australia ⓘ
surface form: Gondwana Rainforests of Australia World Heritage Area
geologicalAge Miocene ⓘ
hasCaldera Tweed Caldera ⓘ
hasLandUse agricultural valleys ⓘ
rainforest conservation areas ⓘ
urban settlements in caldera floor ⓘ
highestRemnant Mount Warning ⓘ
surface form: Wollumbin Mount Warning
influencesLandscapeOf Border Ranges ⓘ
Gold Coast hinterland ⓘ
Lamington Plateau ⓘ
Nightcap Range ⓘ
Tweed Valley ⓘ
locatedIn New South Wales ⓘ
Queensland ⓘ
locatedInRegion northeastern New South Wales ⓘ
South East Queensland ⓘ
surface form: southeastern Queensland
locatedOnContinent Australia ⓘ
notableFeature one of the largest erosion calderas in the world ⓘ
notableFor dramatic erosion caldera topography ⓘ
high biodiversity in remnant rainforests ⓘ
rich volcanic soils ⓘ
partOf Sahul landmass ⓘ
surface form: Australian continent

East Australian hotspot track ⓘ
remnantsInclude Border Ranges National Park ⓘ
surface form: Border Ranges National Park escarpments

Lamington National Park ⓘ
surface form: Lamington National Park plateau

O’Reillys plateau ⓘ
surface form: Springbrook Plateau

Mount Warning ⓘ
surface form: Wollumbin Mount Warning
status extinct ⓘ
volcanoType shield volcano ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

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

McPherson Range → geologicalOrigin → Tweed Volcano ⓘ
Border Ranges National Park → geologicalOrigin → Tweed Volcano ⓘ
Tweed Volcano → alsoKnownAs → Tweed Volcano ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tweed Shield Volcano
Tweed Volcano → alsoKnownAs → Tweed Volcano ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tweed Volcano complex
Gold Coast hinterland → geology → Tweed Volcano ⓘ
this entity surface form: remnants of Tweed Volcano
Mount Warning → geologicalOrigin → Tweed Volcano ⓘ
Mount Warning → locatedIn → Tweed Volcano ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tweed Volcano caldera
Mount Barney → geologicalOrigin → Tweed Volcano ⓘ
Tweed Valley → partOf → Tweed Volcano ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tweed Volcano caldera