Mount Pelee

PeleanMartinique

CountryMartinique

TypePelean

Elevation1397 m

Last Eruption1932

About Mount Pelee

The 1902 eruption killed 28,000+ in Saint-Pierre in minutes. Only 3 survived including a man locked in a jail cell. A pyroclastic flow of superheated gas at 670 km/h and 1000+ C. Gave its name to Pelean eruptions.

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Mount Pelee full

Pelean1397 m

Before the 1902 eruption Saint-Pierre was the Paris of the Caribbean with 30,000 residents...

Martinique | Last: 1932