La Soufrière (volcano)

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Not to be confused with Soufrière Hills or La Grande Soufrière.
La Soufrière
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Highest point
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Listing
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Geography
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Location Saint Vincent, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, West Indies
Geology
Mountain type Stratovolcano (active)
Volcanic arc/belt Lesser Antilles Volcanic Arc
Last eruption December 27, 2020 – Present[2]
Climbing
Easiest route From the windward (Atlantic) side

La Soufrière (Vincentian Creole: Soufray) ("Sulfurish") or Soufrière Saint Vincent is an active volcano on the island of Saint Vincent in the Windward Islands of the Caribbean. Many volcanoes in the Caribbean are named Soufrière (French: "sulphur outlet"). These include Soufrière Hills on Montserrat and La Grande Soufrière on Guadeloupe, the subject of Werner Herzog's 1977 film La Soufrière.

Geography and structure

At 1,234 m (4,049 ft), La Soufrière is the highest peak on Saint Vincent as well as the highest point in the island country of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.[1] Soufrière is a stratovolcano with a crater lake and is the island's youngest and northernmost volcano.

Past Eruptive history

Volcanic dust from Mount Soufriere, 1902

La Soufrière violently erupted in 1718, 1812, 1902, 1971, and 1979. The eruption of 7 May 1902, just hours before the eruption of Mount Pelée on Martinique, killed 1,680 people. The death zone, where almost all persons were killed, was close to entirely Carib. This last large remnant of Carib culture was destroyed,[3] the island of Dominica's Carib Territory being much smaller in comparison at that time.

A moderately-strong eruption was experienced in April 1979; due to advance warning there were no casualties.[citation needed]

A famous painting by JMW Turner of the eruption on 13 April 1812 hangs in the Victoria Gallery & Museum, University of Liverpool.[4]

Recent activity

An explosive eruption occurred at 8:41 AM local time on the following day, with an ash plume reaching approximately 8,000 m (26,000 ft)[5] and drifting towards the Atlantic Ocean to the east.[6][7] By then, approximately 16,000 people had evacuated the area surrounding the volcano.[8] Subsequent explosive eruptions, created by multiple pulses of ash, were reported in the afternoon[6][9] and evening of 9 April, according to the University of the West Indies Seismic Research Centre.[9] Explosions continued over the following days, with plumes reaching nearby Barbados and covering the island with ash.[10] Residents were also faced with power outages and cut off water supplies, and the airspace over the island was closed due to the presence of smoke and thick plumes of volcanic ash.[11] There were further reports of continued explosive activity and pyroclastic flows.[12][13]

The eruption, rated as VEI-4 on the Explosivity Index, was comparable to the event that occurred in 1902.[14]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "La Soufrière" on Peakbagger.com Retrieved 1 October 2011
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  3. ↑ Frederick Albion Ober, Our West Indian Neighbors: The Islands of the Caribbean Sea, " America's Mediterranean", 2010 republish of 1908 book by Nabu Press ISBN 978-1-145-31194-7 book
  4. ↑ Victoria Art Gallery on view July 2015
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