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Mount Pelee, an active volcano |
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Mt Pelee is among the deadliest  stratovolcano on Earth. It towers above the island of Martinique, in the Lesser Antilles...
Mount Pelée, is also known as Mt. Pelé, montagne Pelée or Pelée Location : Martinique, West Indies / Lesser Antilles
Coordinates : 14.82 N, 61.17 W
Elevation : 4582 ft
Type : Stratovolcano
Most common volcanic rocks : andesite, Pumice
Status : Dormant, i.e no ongoing eruption ________________________________
Ranking of the deadliest volcanoes on Earth: Volcano | Country | Year | Number of victims | | Tambora | Indonesia | 1815 | 92,000 | | Krakatau | Indonesia | 1883 | 36,000 | | Mt. Pelée | Martinique | 1902 | 30,000 | | Nevado del Ruiz | Colombia | 1985 | 25,000 | | Unzen | Japan | 1792 | 15,000 |
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Mt Pelée 101 