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1902 eruption of Mount Pelée

1902 CE · France, Europe · Disaster

1902 eruption of Mount Pelée
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The 1902 eruption of Mount Pelée was a volcanic eruption on the island of Martinique in the Lesser Antilles Volcanic Arc of the eastern Caribbean, which was one of the deadliest eruptions in recorded history. Eruptive activity began on 23 April as a series of phreatic eruptions from the summit of Mount Pelée.

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