Lake Toba

volcanic crater lake located in North Sumatra, Indonesia
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Lake Toba
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Lake Toba

Summary

Lake Toba is a volcanic crater lake[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of volcanic_crater_lake entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (921 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Lake Toba is located in North Sumatra[3].
  • Lake Toba is in the country of Indonesia[4].
  • Lake Toba's image is recorded as Toba zoom.jpg[5].
  • Lake Toba's instance of is recorded as volcanic crater lake[6].
  • Lake Toba's instance of is recorded as caldera[7].
  • Lake Toba's outflows is recorded as Asahan River[8].
  • Lake Toba's basin country is recorded as Indonesia[9].
  • Lake Toba's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 315528470[10].
  • Lake Toba's Commons category is recorded as Lake Toba[11].
  • Lake Toba's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 306034[12].
  • Lake Toba's has part is recorded as Samosir Island[13].
  • Lake Toba's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 2.67, 'lon': 98.8875}[14].
  • Lake Toba's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04n4f[15].
  • Lake Toba's located in/on physical feature is recorded as Sumatra[16].
  • Lake Toba's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Lake Toba[17].
  • Lake Toba's page banner is recorded as Lake Toba banner.jpg[18].
  • Lake Toba's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/Lake-Toba[19].
  • Lake Toba's GeoNames ID is recorded as 1213448[20].
  • Lake Toba's Global Volcanism Program ID is recorded as 261090[21].
  • Lake Toba's different from is recorded as Lac Toba[22].
  • Lake Toba's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+87'}[23].
  • Lake Toba's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+905'}[24].
  • Lake Toba's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+900'}[25].
  • Lake Toba's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+1145'}[26].
  • Lake Toba's width is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+27'}[27].

Body

Geography

Lake Toba is in the country of Indonesia[4]. It is located in North Sumatra[3].

Physical Characteristics

Lake Toba's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+1145'}[26]. Elevations include {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+905'}[24] and {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+900'}[25]. Its length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+87'}[23].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include volcanic crater lake[6] and caldera[7].

Why It Matters

Lake Toba ranks in the top 3% of volcanic_crater_lake entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (921 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . indonesia-tourism.com. indonesia-tourism.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] . Q1194038. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . ragamwisata.com. ragamwisata.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . GeoNames. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . GeoNames. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . cosmopolitanfm.com. cosmopolitanfm.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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