La Grande Soufrière

La Grande Soufrière
La Grande Soufrière
Highest point
Elevation	1,467 m (4,813 ft)
Prominence	1,467 m (4,813 ft)
Listing	North America isolated peak17th;
Coordinates	16°02′40.56″N61°39′51.12″W/ 16.0446000°N 61.6642000°W
Geography
	La Grande Soufrière Guadeloupe,French West Indies
Geology
Mountain type	Stratovolcano
Volcanicarc/belt	Lesser Antilles Volcanic Arc
Last eruption	1977

La Grande Soufrière(French pronunciation:[laɡʁɑ̃dsufʁijɛʁ];English:"bigsulfuroutlet "), or simplySoufrière(Antillean Creole:Soufwiyè), is an activestratovolcanoon theFrenchisland ofBasse-Terre,Guadeloupe.It is the highest mountain peak in theLesser Antilles,rising 1,467 m (4,813 ft) high.^[1]

The lastmagmaticeruption was in 1580±50 during which the currentlava domewas emplaced. More recent eruptions have beenphreaticin type.^[2]On February 8, 1843, an eruption of La Grande Soufrière caused by an earthquake killed over 5,000 people.^[3]

Significant seismic activity in 1976 led to a mass evacuation of the island's 72,000 residents.^[1]There was a bitter, and well-publicized, controversy between scientistsClaude AllègreandHaroun Tazieffon whether evacuation should occur. Allègre held that inhabitants should be evacuated, just in case, while Tazieff held that theSoufrièrewas harmless. Theprefectdecided to evacuate, erring on the side of caution. The volcano erupted on August 30, 1976, but much less severely than predicted by the Allègre side.^[1]There were no fatalities and no significant damage, except for the large cost of the evacuation.^[1]

While the island was deserted, the German filmmakerWerner Herzogtraveled to the abandoned town of Basse-Terre to find a peasant who had refused to leave his home on the slopes of the volcano. His journey is recorded in the filmLa Soufrière.

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^^a ^b ^c ^dScheffel, Richard L.; Wernet, Susan J., eds. (1980).Natural Wonders of the World.United States of America: Reader's Digest Association, Inc. p. 353.ISBN 978-0-89577-087-5.
^Feuillard M.; Allege C.J.; Brandeis G.; Gaulon R.; Le Mouel J.L.; Mercier J.C.; Pozzi J.P.; Semet M.P. (1983)."The 1975–1977 crisis of La Soufrière de Guadeloupe (F.W.I.): a still-born magmatic eruption".Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research.16(3–4): 317–334.doi:10.1016/0377-0273(83)90036-7.
^Kozák, Jan; Cermák, Vladimir (2010). "Guadeloupe Earthquake, Antilles, 1843".The Illustrated History of Natural Disasters.p. 163.doi:10.1007/978-90-481-3325-3_38.ISBN 978-90-481-3324-6.

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[readersnatural-1] Scheffel, Richard L.; Wernet, Susan J., eds. (1980).Natural Wonders of the World.United States of America: Reader's Digest Association, Inc. p. 353.ISBN 978-0-89577-087-5.

[Feuillard_etal_1983-2] Feuillard M.; Allege C.J.; Brandeis G.; Gaulon R.; Le Mouel J.L.; Mercier J.C.; Pozzi J.P.; Semet M.P. (1983)."The 1975–1977 crisis of La Soufrière de Guadeloupe (F.W.I.): a still-born magmatic eruption".Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research.16(3–4): 317–334.doi:10.1016/0377-0273(83)90036-7.

[3] Kozák, Jan; Cermák, Vladimir (2010). "Guadeloupe Earthquake, Antilles, 1843".The Illustrated History of Natural Disasters.p. 163.doi:10.1007/978-90-481-3325-3_38.ISBN 978-90-481-3324-6.

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Authority control databases
International	VIAF
National	Germany Israel United States
Geographic	Global Volcanism Program

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