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Mount Pelée (French: Montagne Pelée, "Bald Mountain") is an active volcano on the northern tip of the French département of Martinique in the Caribbean. view of Mount Pelée on Martinique Island Found here, copied according to the Smithsonian Institutions copyright notice. ...
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Lysa Hora or Bald Mountain (Ukrainian: Лиса гора, Lysa hora, pl. ...
A volcano is a geological landform (usually a mountain) where magma (rock of the earths interior made molten or liquid by high pressure and temperature) erupts through the surface of the planet. ...
The départements (or departments) are administrative units of France, roughly analogous to British counties and are now grouped into 22 metropolitan and four overseas régions. ...
The Caribbean or the West Indies is a group of islands in the Caribbean Sea. ...
Mount Pelée is infamous for its 1902 eruption and the destruction that resulted, the worst volcanic disaster of the 20th century.
1902 eruption Though it was previously considered extinct, Mount Pelée erupted on May 8, 1902, destroying the town of Saint Pierre, about 4 miles south of the peak. Saint Pierre, which then served as the island's capital, had a population of some 25,000, which was swelled by refugees from minor explosions and mud flows emitting from the volcano, which began to erupt on April 25. There were only two survivors: Ludger Sylbaris, a prisoner held in an underground cell in the town's jail (later pardoned), and a man who lived at the edge of the city. Included among the victims were the passengers and crews of several ships docked at Saint Pierre. May 8 is the 128th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (129th in leap years). ...
1902 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...
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April 25 is the 115th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (116th in leap years). ...
One ship, the Roraima, which went missing on April 26, was believed to have been engulfed by ash from a preliminary explosion. However, it reached the port of Saint Pierre shortly before the eruption and was set aflame by the nuée ardente. It later sank; its wreck is still present offshore Saint Pierre. April 26 is the 116th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (117th in leap years). ...
Mount Pelée continued to wreak devastation well into 1903. On August 3, 1902, some 2,000 people are believed to have died when a lava flow struck the village of Morne Rouge. 1903 has the latest occurring solstices and equinoxes for 400 years, because the Gregorian calendar hasnt had a leap year for seven years or a century leap year since 1600. ...
August 3 is the 215th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (216th in leap years), with 150 days remaining. ...
1902 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...
The study of the causes of the disaster marks the beginning of modern volcanology with the definition and the analysis of the deadliest volcanic hazard: the pyroclastic flows and surges, also called "nuées ardentes" (Fr:glowing clouds). The eruption has also lent its name to "The Pelean eruption style". Volcanology (also spelled vulcanology) is the study of volcanoes, lava, magma and related geological phenomena. ...
Pyroclastic flows are a common and devastating result of some volcanic eruptions. ...
The destruction caused by the 1902 eruption was quickly publicized by recent modern means of communication. It brought to the attention of the public and governments the hazards and dangers of active volcanoes.
Mount Pelée is now under continuous watch by geophysicists and volcanologists (IPGP). Geophysics, the study of the earth by quantitative physical methods, especially by seismic reflection and refraction, gravity, magnetic, electrical, electromagnetic, and radioactivity methods. ...
Volcanology (also spelled vulcanology) is the study of volcanoes, lava, magma and related geological phenomena. ...
The Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (IPGP; French for Paris Institute for the Physics of the Globe) is a French research and higher education establishment located in Paris, dedicated to the study of the Earth (geology, geochemistry, geophysics, seismology. ...
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