Puy de Dôme

volcano in France

Key facts

Elevation: 1,465 m (4,806 ft)
Prominence: 485 m (1,591 ft)
Isolation: 18.41 km (11.44 mi), to Puy de l ' Aiguiller
Location: Puy-de-Dôme , Auvergne , France
Parent range: Chaîne des Puys region of Massif Central
Mountain type: Lava dome
Last eruption: c. 10,700 years ago
First ascent: Unknown
Easiest route: road

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Puy de Dôme ( US: /ˌpwiː də ˈdoʊm/, French: [pɥi də dom] ) is a lava dome and one of the youngest volcanoes in the Chaîne des Puys region of Massif Central in central France. This chain of volcanoes including numerous cinder cones, lava domes and maars is far from the edge of any tectonic plate.

Puy de Dôme was created by a Peléan eruption, some 10,700 years ago. It is approximately 10 km (6 miles) from Clermont-Ferrand. The Puy-de-Dôme département is named after the volcano.