Lonar

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Lonar is a town in Maharashtra, India, best known for the nearby Lonar Crater Lake formed by a meteorite impact.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Lonar canonical 1
Lonar crater lake 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hindu temple
impact crater lake
town
age about 50,000 years
attracts astronomers
geologists
tourists
climate tropical savanna climate
country India
India
dedicatedTo Vishnu NERFINISHED
depth about 150 metres
diameter about 1.8 kilometres
district Buldhana district NERFINISHED
formedBy meteorite impact
geologicalSetting Deccan Traps basalt
governingBody Municipal council
hasBiodiversity microbial life adapted to high salinity and alkalinity
migratory birds
hasNearestMajorCity Akola NERFINISHED
Aurangabad NERFINISHED
hasPostalCode 443302
hasRim forest-covered rim
hasTourismAttraction Daitya Sudan Temple NERFINISHED
Lonar Crater Lake NERFINISHED
knownFor Lonar Crater Lake NERFINISHED
localLanguage Hindi NERFINISHED
Marathi NERFINISHED
locatedIn Lonar NERFINISHED
Lonar NERFINISHED
Vidarbha region NERFINISHED
near Lonar Crater Lake NERFINISHED
notableAs only known hyper-velocity impact crater in basaltic rock on Earth
officialLanguage Marathi NERFINISHED
protectedStatus wildlife sanctuary
recognizedBy UNESCO Global Geopark (tentative list status)? NERFINISHED
regionType rural-urban town
researchInterest analog for impact craters on Mars
astrobiology studies
shape circular
state Maharashtra
Maharashtra
timeZone Indian Standard Time
transport connected by road to Jalna
connected by road to Mehkar
UTCOffset +5:30
waterType alkaline
saline

How these facts were elicited

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Instruction
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# Requirements
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- If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list.
- Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf".
- Do not get too wordy.
- Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Lonar
Description of subject: Lonar is a town in Maharashtra, India, best known for the nearby Lonar Crater Lake formed by a meteorite impact.

Referenced by (2)

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

Buldhana hasTown Lonar
subject surface form: Buldhana district
Buldhana hasNotableSite Lonar
subject surface form: Buldhana district
this entity surface form: Lonar crater lake