Soufrière
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active stratovolcano located in Basse-Terre Island, Guadeloupe, French West Indies
Key facts
- Elevation
- 1,467 m (4,813 ft)
- Prominence
- 1,467 m (4,813 ft)
- Listing
- North America isolated peak 17th Ribu
- Formed by
- Subduction zone volcanism
- Mountain type
- Stratovolcano
- Volcanic arc
- Lesser Antilles Volcanic Arc
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Encyclopedic overview
La Grande Soufrière ( French pronunciation: [la ɡʁɑ̃d sufʁijɛʁ]; English: "big sulfur outlet"), or simply Soufrière (Antillean Creole: Soufwiyè), is an active stratovolcano on the French island of Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe. It is the highest mountain peak in the Lesser Antilles, rising 1,467 m (4,813 ft) high.
The last magmatic eruption was in 1530±30 during which the current lava dome was emplaced.
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