Mount Pelée 1902 eruption

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About 30,000 people died from the pyroclastic flow that covered the town here.

Description

Mount Pelée

Mount Pelée (/pəˈleɪ/; French: Montagne Pelée "Bald Mountain") is an active volcano at the northern end of the island and French overseas department of Martinique in the Lesser Antilles island arc of the Caribbean. Its volcanic cone is composed of layers of volcanic ash and hardened lava.

References

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount Pelée

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