Laacher See

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Laacher See is a large volcanic crater lake in Germany’s Eifel region, known for its caldera formed by a major eruption and ongoing volcanic gas emissions.

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Label Occurrences
Laacher See canonical 2

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf caldera lake
volcanic crater lake
basinCountry Germany
belongsTo East Eifel volcanic field
surface form: East Eifel volcanic system
country Germany
emitsGas carbon dioxide
eruptionAge Late Pleistocene
about 12,900 years ago
eruptionMagnitude very large explosive eruption
formedBy Laacher See eruption
hasEcosystem temperate freshwater lake ecosystem
hasFeature mofettes
subaqueous gas seeps
hasGeologicalOrigin volcanic caldera
hasHazard potential future explosive eruption
volcanic gas asphyxiation risk near shore
hasOngoingProcess volcanic gas emissions
hasOutflow Laacher Bach
hasProtectedStatus nature reserve area
hasScientificSignificance paleoclimate reconstruction
tephrochronology
volcanic hazard assessment
hasShoreFeature Maria Laach Abbey
isConsidered potentially active volcano
isMonitoredBy German volcanological services
isMonitoredFor gas emissions
ground deformation
seismic activity
knownFor large caldera
pumice deposits
tephra layers across Central Europe
locatedIn Eifel region
Rhineland-Palatinate
western Germany
locatedOn East Eifel volcanic field
nearbyRiver Rhine
nearbySettlement Andernach
Maria Laach
Mendig
partOf Eifel Mountains
regionType Quaternary volcanic area
tectonicSetting intraplate volcanic field
usedFor recreation
scientific research
tourism
volcanicExplosivityIndex VEI 6
waterbodyType lake

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Eifel Mountains contains Laacher See
district of Mayen-Koblenz containsNaturalFeature Laacher See
subject surface form: Mayen-Koblenz