GVP volcano 210020 · no holder yet
Chaine des Puys
Chaine des Puys is a 1,464 m lava dome in France, last erupted around 4040 BCE.
- Type
- Lava dome(s) (cluster landform)
- Summit
- 1,464 m above sea level
- Rock
- Basalt / Picro-Basalt
- Setting
- Rift zone, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 4040 BCE
- Largest known
- no eruption with a measured size
- Eruptions
- 8 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 45.79°N 2.98°E · France
- Region
- Western European Volcanic Province, European Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 210020
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).