Mount Pelee Before Eruption

Mount Pelée or Mont Pelée, meaning "bald mountain" or "peeled mountain" in French, is an active volcano at the northern end of Martinique, an island and French overseas department in the Lesser Antilles Volcanic Arc of the Caribbean. Its volcanic cone is composed of stratified layers of hardened ash and solidified lava. Its most recent e…
Mount Pelée or Mont Pelée, meaning "bald mountain" or "peeled mountain" in French, is an active volcano at the northern end of Martinique, an island and French overseas department in the Lesser Antilles Volcanic Arc of the Caribbean. Its volcanic cone is composed of stratified layers of hardened ash and solidified lava. Its most recent eruption was in 1932.
  • Elevation: 1,397 m (4,583 ft)
  • Location: Martinique
  • Prominence: 1,381 m (4,531 ft)
  • Age of rock: 89+
  • Mountain type: Stratovolcano
  • Volcanic arc/belt: Lesser Antilles Volcanic Arc
  • Last eruption: 1929–1932

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