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Puy de Dôme (US: / ˌ p w iː d ə ˈ d oʊ m /, French: [pɥi də dom] ⓘ) is a lava dome and one of the youngest volcanoes in the Chaîne des Puys region of Massif Central in central France. This chain of volcanoes including numerous cinder cones , lava domes and maars is far from the edge of any tectonic plate . [5]
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Puy de Dôme. modifier. Le puy de Dôme est un dôme de lave trachytique situé dans le Massif central, à une quinzaine de kilomètres de Clermont-Ferrand ; il a donné son nom au département du Puy-de-Dôme. Âgé d'environ 11 000 ans, c'est un des volcans les plus jeunes de la chaîne des Puys.
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Puy de Dôme ] or Puèi de Doma ) is a lava dome and one of the youngest volcanoes in the Chaîne des Puys region of Massif Central in central France. This chain of volcanoes including numerous cinder cones, lava domes and maars is far from the edge of any tectonic plate. Puy de Dôme was created by a Peléan eruption, some 10,700 years ago. Puy de Dôme is approximately 10 km from Clermont ...
Its highest point is the lava dome of Puy de Dôme, located near the middle of the chain, which is 1,465 m (4,806 ft) high. The name of the range comes from a French term, puy, which refers to a volcanic mountain with a rounded profile. A date of 4040 BC is usually given for the last eruption of a Chaîne des Puys volcano.
Le Puy-de-Dôme (/ p ɥ i. d (ə). d o m / [Note 1]) est un département du centre de la France situé dans la région administrative Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Son nom lui vient du volcan éteint : le puy de Dôme .
