GVP volcano 360120 · no holder yet

Pelee

Pelee is a 1,372 m stratovolcano in France, last erupted in 1932.

Type

Stratovolcano (composite landform)

Summit

1,372 m above sea level

Rock

Andesite / Basaltic Andesite

Setting

Subduction zone, oceanic, under 15 km

Last eruption

1932

Largest known

VEI 4, cataclysmic, 1902

Eruptions

54 confirmed in the record

Where

14.81°N 61.17°W · France

Region

Lesser Antilles Volcanic Arc, Middle America-Caribbean Volcanic Regions

Record

Global Volcanism Program, volcano 360120

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