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La Soufrière or Soufrière Saint Vincent (French pronunciation: [sufʁjɛʁ sɛ̃ vɛ̃sɑ̃]) is an active volcano on the Caribbean island of Saint Vincent in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. It is the highest peak on Saint Vincent, and has had eight recorded eruptions since 1718.
La Soufrière, a stratovolcano on the Caribbean island of Saint Vincent in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, began an effusive eruption on 27 December 2020. On 9 April 2021 there was an explosive eruption, and the volcano "continued to erupt explosively" over the following days, with pyroclastic flows.
Apr 12, 2024 · Soufrière, active volcano on the island of Saint Vincent, in the country of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, which lies within the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean Sea. The volcano rises to peaks of 3,864 feet (1,178 metres) and 4,048 feet (1,234 metres) north of the crater. It erupted violently.
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Soufrière St. Vincent (also referred to as “La Soufrière”) is the northernmost stratovolcano on St. Vincent Island in the southern part of the Lesser Antilles. The NE rim of the 1.6-km-wide summit crater is cut by a crater (500 m wide and 60 m deep) that formed in 1812.
Apr 24, 2021 · It’s been 42 years since La Soufrière volcano – French for sulfur outlet – erupted. The 4,094-foot stratovolcano is now making up for lost time, blasting ash and debris miles into the air ...
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Apr 9, 2021 · La Soufrière volcano on the Caribbean island of St. Vincent erupted on Friday after decades of inactivity, sending dark plumes of ash and smoke billowing into the sky and forcing thousands from...
Apr 9, 2021 · La Soufrière on the island of St. Vincent, which last erupted in 1979, has a long and tragic history of powerful but mercurial blasts. By Robin George Andrews April 09, 2021
