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shield volcano

type of volcano usually built almost entirely of fluid lava flows
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Summary

shield volcano ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,530 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • shield volcano is a type of volcano[2].
  • shield volcano's Commons category is recorded as Shield volcanoes[3].
  • shield volcano's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Shield volcanoes[4].

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Definition and Type

shield volcano is a type of volcano[2].

Why It Matters

shield volcano ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,530 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[5] It is known by 49 alternative names across languages and contexts.[6]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 10d ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Environment ontology id → 00000403
    Subclass of → —
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ar', 'bh', 'ca', 'cs', 'da', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'et', 'eu', '
    Subclass of → volcano
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Environment ontology id: 00000403, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/143354101|shield volcano (#143354101)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/5484|Environment"
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