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caldera

cauldron-like volcanic feature usually formed by the collapse of land following a volcanic eruption
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caldera

Summary

caldera ranks in the top 0.7% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,133 views/month, #542 of 77,819).[1]

Key Facts

  • caldera is a type of depression[2].
  • caldera is a type of volcanic landform[3].
  • caldera's Commons category is recorded as Calderas[4].
  • caldera's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Calderas[5].
  • caldera's Commons gallery is recorded as Caldera[6].
  • caldera's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as geological=volcanic_caldera_rim[7].
  • caldera's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 5[8].
  • caldera's different from is recorded as Caldera[9].
  • caldera's exact match is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000096[10].
  • caldera's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[11].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include depression[2] and volcanic landform[3].

Why It Matters

caldera ranks in the top 0.7% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,133 views/month, #542 of 77,819).[1] caldera has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] caldera is known by 42 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . Environment Ontology. Retrieved . raw.githubusercontent.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → Caldera
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → depression, volcanic landform
    Local thumb → —
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|8 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 27111, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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