Monts Dore

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mountain peak mountain range volcanic massif

Monts Dore is a volcanic mountain range in central France known for its ancient stratovolcano, high plateaus, and popular hiking and winter sports areas.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Puy de Sancy 0

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf mountain peak ⓘ
mountain range ⓘ
volcanic massif ⓘ
age Miocene ⓘ
Pliocene ⓘ
climate mountain climate ⓘ
contains Lac Chambon ⓘ
Lac Pavin ⓘ
Lac de Guéry ⓘ
Vallée de Chaudefour ⓘ
Vallée de la Fontaine Salée ⓘ
country France ⓘ
drainedBy Couze Chambon ⓘ
Couze Pavin ⓘ
Dordogne River headwaters ⓘ
elevation 1886 m ⓘ
geologicalOrigin stratovolcano ⓘ
hasProtectedArea Réserve naturelle nationale de la vallée de Chaudefour ⓘ
highestPoint Puy de Sancy ⓘ
landform basalt plateaus ⓘ
cirques ⓘ
deep glacial valleys ⓘ
high plateau ⓘ
lastEruption Quaternary ⓘ
locatedIn Massif Central ⓘ
central France ⓘ
locatedInDepartment Puy-de-Dôme ⓘ
locatedInRegion Auvergne ⓘ
mountainSystem Massif Central ⓘ
near La Bourboule ⓘ
Mont-Dore ⓘ
surface form: Mont-Dore (commune)

Super-Besse ⓘ
notableResort Super-Besse ski resort ⓘ
notableTown Mont-Dore ⓘ
surface form: Le Mont-Dore
partOf Parc naturel régional des Volcans d’Auvergne ⓘ
regionLanguage Occitan ⓘ
surface form: Auvergnat Occitan

French ⓘ
rockType andesite ⓘ
trachyte ⓘ
volcanic rock ⓘ
tourismType nature tourism ⓘ
winter sports tourism ⓘ
usedFor climbing ⓘ
hiking ⓘ
mountain biking ⓘ
skiing ⓘ
snowshoeing ⓘ
volcanicField Chaîne des Puys ⓘ
surface form: Chaîne des Puys–Limagne fault tectonic area

Referenced by (3)

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

Massif Central → contains → Monts Dore ⓘ
Puy-de-Dôme department → contains → Monts Dore ⓘ
subject surface form: Puy-de-Dôme (department)
Puy de Sancy → partOf → Monts Dore ⓘ