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Piton de la Fournaise
Piton de la Fournaise is a 2,632 m shield volcano in France, erupting as recently as 2026.
- Type
- Shield
- Summit
- 2,632 m above sea level
- Rock
- Basalt / Picro-Basalt
- Setting
- Intraplate, oceanic, under 15 km
- Last eruption
- 2026
- Largest known
- VEI 5, paroxysmal, 2765 BCE
- Eruptions
- 198 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 21.24°S 55.71°E · France
- Region
- Reunion Hotspot Volcano Group, Somalian-Antarctic Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 233020
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).