Mount Pelée

Summary

Mount Pelée is a stratovolcano^[1]. It ranks in the top 9% of stratovolcano entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12,918 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Mount Pelée is located in Martinique^[3].
• Mount Pelée is in the country of France^[4].
• Mount Pelée is on the continent of North America^[5].
• Mount Pelée's instance of is recorded as stratovolcano^[6].
• Mount Pelée's instance of is recorded as lava dome^[7].
• Mount Pelée's instance of is recorded as mountain^[8].
• Mount Pelée's instance of is recorded as summit^[9].
• Mount Pelée's instance of is recorded as highest point^[10].
• Mount Pelée is made of andesite^[11].
• Mount Pelée is made of basaltic andesite^[12].
• Mount Pelée is made of dacite^[13].
• Mount Pelée's Commons category is recorded as Montagne Pelée^[14].
• Mount Pelée's coordinate location is recorded as {'latitude': 14.813055555556, 'longitude': -61.165555555556}^[15].
• Mount Pelée's located in/on physical feature is recorded as Saint-Pierre^[16].
• Mount Pelée's significant event is recorded as pyroclastic flow^[17].
• Mount Pelée's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Mount Pelée^[18].
• Mount Pelée's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[19].
• Mount Pelée's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work^[20].
• Mount Pelée's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 8^[21].
• Mount Pelée sits at an elevation of {'amount': '+1397'}^[22].
• Mount Pelée dates from the Late Pleistocene^[23].
• Mount Pelée's topographic prominence is recorded as {'amount': '+1397'}^[24].
• Mount Pelée's volcano observatory is recorded as Observatoire du Morne des Cadets^[25].
• Mount Pelée's age estimated by a dating method is recorded as {'amount': '+9000'}^[26].

Body

Geography

Mount Pelée is in the country of France^[4]. It is located in Martinique^[3]. It is on the continent of North America^[5].

Physical Characteristics

Mount Pelée sits at an elevation of {'amount': '+1397'}^[22].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include stratovolcano^[6], lava dome^[7], mountain^[8], summit^[9], and highest point^[10].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Mount Pelée include Peléan eruption^[27].

Why It Matters

Mount Pelée ranks in the top 9% of stratovolcano entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12,918 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 83 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]

Entities named for it include Peléan eruption^[27].