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France

Soufriere Guadeloupe.

Volcano profile for Soufriere Guadeloupe in France, including its current status, catalog data, nearby earthquakes and live map layers.

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Current status
No current eruption report
Volcano type
Stratovolcano
Elevation
1,467 m
Last documented eruption
1977
Coordinates
16.044°, -61.664°
GVP number
360060

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No current eruption report

France

Soufriere Guadeloupe

Stratovolcano

Elevation
1,467 m
Last documented eruption
1977
No current eruption report

No current report does not mean extinct or safe. Source coverage varies between volcanoes.

Geography & tectonics
Coordinates
16.044°, -61.664°
Volcanic region (GVP)
Lesser Antilles Volcanic Arc
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Oceanic crust (< 15 km)
GVP
360060
Documented eruptions · Nearby earthquakes ↓

Source: Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program

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Soufriere Guadeloupe · France

Documented eruptions

Latest catalogue records. Historical records are incomplete; missing values are unknown. VEI describes eruption explosivity.

StartEndVEIReport status
8 Jul 19761 Mar 19772Confirmed eruption
19 Oct 195627 Oct 19561Confirmed eruption
2 Jul 1903Not available2Uncertain eruption
3 Dec 183612 Feb 18372Confirmed eruption
16 Apr 181210 May 18121Confirmed eruption
29 Sep 179726 Apr 17982Confirmed eruption
Apr 1696Not available1Uncertain eruption
5 Apr 1690Not available1Confirmed eruption

Source: Smithsonian GVP · Dataset date: 2026-09-21

Nearby earthquakes

Last 7 days · 100 km · up to 10 events. Proximity does not establish a volcanic cause.

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Volcano at a glance

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Soufriere Guadeloupe · No current eruption report · 1,467 m

Radius · 100 km

Nearby infrastructure

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Airports

  • Basse-Terre Baillif AirportGuadeloupe · BBR · TFFB
    9.1 kmStraight-line distance
  • Maryse Condé International AirportGuadeloupe · PTP · TFFR
    28.3 kmStraight-line distance
  • Marie-Galante AirportGuadeloupe · GBJ · TFFM
    46.4 kmStraight-line distance

Source: OurAirports · Dataset date: 2026-09-21

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Nearby places

Basse-TerreGuadeloupe · 9.0 km

Capesterre-Belle-EauGuadeloupe · 10.7 km

Petit-BourgGuadeloupe · 18.2 km

Source: GeoNames · Radius: 50 km · Straight-line distance

Active volcanoes

Active volcanoes

Other volcanoes with a current eruption report.

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Sources & data dates

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Satellite layers · Last successful retrieval: Sep 21, 2026, 2:53 PM UTC