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Septentrional Chain volcano

Lava dome(s) 744 m / 2441 ft
Guadeloupe Island, France, 16.23°N / -61.72°W
Current status: (probably) extinct (0 out of 5) | Reports
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Typical eruption style: unspecified
Septentrional Chain volcano eruptions: None during the past 10,000 years
Less than few million years ago (Pleistocene) No recent earthquakes
TimeMag. / DepthDistanceLocation

Background:

The Septentrional Chain (Northern Chain) of volcanoes at the NW end of Basse Terre consists of andesitic-to-dacitic lava domes and flows that were active from about 3.5 to 1.2 million years ago (Komorowski et al., 2005).
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Source: Smithsonian / GVP volcano information


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