Volcano profile

France

Pelee.

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

Current status
No current eruption report
Volcano type
Stratovolcano
Elevation
1,372 m
Last documented eruption
1932
Explosivity (VEI)
VEI 4 highest recorded · latest VEI 3 · More about the VEI
Coordinates
14.809°, -61.166°
GVP number
360120

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No current eruption report

France

Pelee

Stratovolcano

Elevation
1,372 m
Last documented eruption
1932
No current eruption report

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

Geography & tectonics
Coordinates
14.809°, -61.166°
Volcanic region (GVP)
Lesser Antilles Volcanic Arc
Tectonic setting
Subduction zone / Oceanic crust (< 15 km)
GVP
360120
Documented eruptions · Nearby earthquakes ↓

Source: Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program

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Profile

Pelee · France

Documented eruptions

All catalogued eruptions, newest first. Historical records are incomplete; missing values are unknown. VEI describes eruption explosivity.

StartEndVEIReport status
16 Sep 19291 Dec 19323Confirmed eruption
23 Apr 19025 Oct 19054Confirmed eruption
5 Aug 18511 Feb 18522Confirmed eruption
22 Jan 1792Apr 17921Confirmed eruption
1635Uncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
1460Uncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
1370Uncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
1340Uncertain datingNot available4Confirmed eruption
1260Uncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
1190Uncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
910Uncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
890Uncertain datingNot available4PConfirmed eruption
720Uncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
650Uncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
450Uncertain datingNot available4PConfirmed eruption
350Uncertain datingNot available4Confirmed eruption
300Uncertain datingNot available4PConfirmed eruption
220Uncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
130Uncertain datingNot available4PConfirmed eruption
50Uncertain datingNot available4PConfirmed eruption
10Uncertain datingNot available4Confirmed eruption
200 BCEUncertain datingNot available4PConfirmed eruption
300 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
440 BCEUncertain datingNot available4PConfirmed eruption
590 BCEUncertain datingNot available4?Confirmed eruption
600 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
620 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
730 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
890 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
1390 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
2100 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
2280 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
2360 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
2430 BCEUncertain datingNot available4PConfirmed eruption
2460 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
2660 BCEUncertain datingNot available4?Confirmed eruption
3020 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
3120 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
3250 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
3290 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
3430 BCEUncertain datingNot available4?Confirmed eruption
3500 BCEUncertain datingNot available4PConfirmed eruption
3820 BCEUncertain datingNot available4PConfirmed eruption
3930 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
4510 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
5500 BCEUncertain datingNot available4PConfirmed eruption
5800 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
6220 BCEUncertain datingNot available4PConfirmed eruption
6450 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
6610 BCEUncertain datingNot available4?Confirmed eruption
7050 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
7320 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
7750 BCEUncertain datingNot available—Confirmed eruption
8210 BCEUncertain datingNot available4?Confirmed eruption

Source: Smithsonian GVP · Dataset date: 2026-11-13

Nearby earthquakes

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

Nearby earthquakes ↗

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Volcano at a glance

Map view with the current report status and volcano elevation.

Pelee · No current eruption report · 1,372 m

Radius · 100 km

Nearby infrastructure

Up to 3 nearest sites per category

Airports

  • Martinique Aimé Césaire International AirportMartinique · FDF · TFFF
    29.9 kmStraight-line distance
  • Canefield AirportDominica · DCF · TDCF
    63.5 kmStraight-line distance
  • Douglas-Charles AirportDominica · DOM · TDPD
    83.3 kmStraight-line distance

Source: OurAirports · Dataset date: 2026-11-13

This selection shows geographic proximity, not a hazard zone or confirmed impacts. Distances use recorded site coordinates. Sources & data dates

Nearby places

Sainte-MarieMartinique · 18.9 km

Saint-JosephMartinique · 20.5 km

La TrinitéMartinique · 23.2 km

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

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Sources & data dates

Core data comes from the Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program and USGS. Map layers and live aircraft are loaded from the sources identified on the page.

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VAAC / NOAA NWS

Satellite layers · Last successful retrieval: Nov 13, 2026, 4:53 PM UTC