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La Soufrière or Soufrière Saint Vincent is an active volcano on the Caribbean island of Saint Vincent in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.[1]

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  1. 46 relations: Airspace, Antigua, Atlantic Time Zone, Barbados, Caribbean, Carnival Cruise Line, Carnival Legend, Carnival Paradise, Celebrity Reflection, COVID-19 vaccine, Effusive eruption, Global Volcanism Program, Grenada, J. M. W. Turner, Jorge Arreaza, Kalinago, Lava dome, Lesser Antilles, Lesser Antilles Volcanic Arc, List of elevation extremes by country, List of the major 100-kilometer summits of North America, List of volcanic eruptions by death toll, Martinique, Mount Pelée, Pyroclastic flow, Ralph Gonsalves, Royal Caribbean Group, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Serenade of the Seas, Smithsonian Institution, Stratovolcano, Sulfur dioxide, The New York Times, Twitter, United Kingdom, United Nations, University of Liverpool, UWI Seismic Research Centre, Victoria Gallery & Museum, Volcanic crater lake, Volcano, West Indies, World Bank, 1902 eruption of Mount Pelée.

  2. 18th-century volcanic events
  3. Mountains of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
  4. Mountains of the Caribbean
  5. Peléan eruptions
  6. Phreatic eruptions
  7. Stratovolcanoes of North America
  8. VEI-4 volcanoes
  9. Volcanoes of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Airspace

Airspace is the portion of the atmosphere controlled by a country above its territory, including its territorial waters or, more generally, any specific three-dimensional portion of the atmosphere.

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Antigua

Antigua, also known as Waladli or Wadadli by the local population, is an island in the Lesser Antilles.

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Atlantic Time Zone

The Atlantic Time Zone is a geographical region that keeps standard time—called Atlantic Standard Time (AST)—by subtracting four hours from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), resulting in UTC−04:00.

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Barbados

Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies, in the Caribbean region next to North America and north of South America, and is the most easterly of the Caribbean islands.

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Caribbean

The Caribbean (el Caribe; les Caraïbes; de Caraïben) is a subregion of the Americas that includes the Caribbean Sea and its islands, some of which are surrounded by the Caribbean Sea and some of which border both the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean; the nearby coastal areas on the mainland are sometimes also included in the region.

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Carnival Cruise Line

Carnival Cruise Line is an international cruise line with headquarters in Doral, Florida.

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Carnival Legend

Carnival Legend is a operated by Carnival Cruise Line.

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Carnival Paradise

Carnival Paradise (formerly Paradise) is a operated by Carnival Cruise Line.

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Celebrity Reflection

Celebrity Reflection is the fifth, final, and largest, her sister ships being Celebrity Equinox, Celebrity Eclipse, Celebrity Solstice and Celebrity Silhouette.

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COVID-19 vaccine

A COVID19 vaccine is a vaccine intended to provide acquired immunity against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVIDnbhyph19).

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Effusive eruption

An effusive eruption is a type of volcanic eruption in which lava steadily flows out of a volcano onto the ground.

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Global Volcanism Program

The Smithsonian Institution's Global Volcanism Program (GVP) documents Earth's volcanoes and their eruptive history over the past 10,000 years.

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Grenada

Grenada (Grenadian Creole French: Gwenad) is an island country of the West Indies in the eastern Caribbean Sea.

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J. M. W. Turner

Joseph Mallord William Turner (23 April 177519 December 1851), known in his time as William Turner, was an English Romantic painter, printmaker and watercolourist.

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Jorge Arreaza

Jorge Alberto Arreaza Montserrat (Venezuelan; born 6 June 1973) is a Venezuelan politician who has held several important positions in the administration of President Hugo Chávez and his successor Nicolás Maduro.

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Kalinago

The Kalinago, formerly known as Island Caribs or simply Caribs, are an Indigenous people of the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean.

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Lava dome

In volcanology, a lava dome is a circular, mound-shaped protrusion resulting from the slow extrusion of viscous lava from a volcano.

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Lesser Antilles

The Lesser Antilles are a group of islands in the Caribbean Sea.

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Lesser Antilles Volcanic Arc

The Lesser Antilles Volcanic Arc is a volcanic arc that forms the eastern boundary of the Caribbean Plate.

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List of elevation extremes by country

The following sortable table lists land surface elevation extremes by country or dependent territory.

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List of the major 100-kilometer summits of North America

The following sortable table comprises the 230 mountain peaks of greater North AmericaThis article defines greater North America as the portion of the continental landmass of the Americas extending westward and northward from the Isthmus of Panama plus the ocean islands surrounding that landmass.

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List of volcanic eruptions by death toll

Volcanic eruptions can be highly explosive.

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Martinique

Martinique (Matinik or Matnik; Kalinago: Madinina or Madiana) is an island in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies, in the eastern Caribbean Sea.

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Mount Pelée

Mount Pelée or Mont Pelée (Montagne Pelée,; Montann Pèlé), meaning "bald mountain" or "peeled mountain" in French, is an active volcano at the northern end of Martinique, an island and French overseas department in the Lesser Antilles Volcanic Arc of the Caribbean. La Soufrière (Saint Vincent) and mount Pelée are active volcanoes, Holocene stratovolcanoes, mountains of the Caribbean and VEI-4 volcanoes.

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Pyroclastic flow

A pyroclastic flow (also known as a pyroclastic density current or a pyroclastic cloud) is a fast-moving current of hot gas and volcanic matter (collectively known as tephra) that flows along the ground away from a volcano at average speeds of but is capable of reaching speeds up to.

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Ralph Gonsalves

Ralph Everard Gonsalves (born 8 August 1946) is a Vincentian politician.

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Royal Caribbean Group

Royal Caribbean Group, formerly known as Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., is a global cruise holding company incorporated in Liberia and based in Miami, Florida.

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Saint Lucia

Saint Lucia is an island country of the West Indies in the eastern Caribbean.

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Saint Vincent (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)

Saint Vincent is a volcanic island in the Caribbean.

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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is an island country in the eastern Caribbean.

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Serenade of the Seas

GTS Serenade of the Seas is a operated by Royal Caribbean International.

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Smithsonian Institution

The Smithsonian Institution, or simply the Smithsonian, is a group of museums, education and research centers, the largest such complex in the world, created by the U.S. government "for the increase and diffusion of knowledge." Founded on August 10, 1846, it operates as a trust instrumentality and is not formally a part of any of the three branches of the federal government.

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Stratovolcano

A stratovolcano, also known as a composite volcano, is a conical volcano built up by many layers (strata) of hardened lava and tephra.

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Sulfur dioxide

Sulfur dioxide (IUPAC-recommended spelling) or sulphur dioxide (traditional Commonwealth English) is the chemical compound with the formula.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.

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Twitter

X, commonly referred to by its former name Twitter, is a social networking service.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland.

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United Nations

The United Nations (UN) is a diplomatic and political international organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and serve as a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations.

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University of Liverpool

The University of Liverpool (abbreviated UOL) is a public research university in Liverpool, England.

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UWI Seismic Research Centre

The University of the West Indies Seismic Research Centre (UWI-SRC) is a centre for volcanological, seismic and geophysical research in Trinidad, which has the responsibility for monitoring and studying earthquakes, volcanoes and tsunamis across the Eastern Caribbean.

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The Victoria Gallery & Museum (VG&M) is an art gallery and museum run by the University of Liverpool in Liverpool, Merseyside, England.

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Volcanic crater lake

A volcanic crater lake is a lake in a crater that was formed by explosive activity or a collapse during a volcanic eruption. La Soufrière (Saint Vincent) and volcanic crater lake are volcanic crater lakes.

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Volcano

A volcano is a rupture in the crust of a planetary-mass object, such as Earth, that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface.

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West Indies

The West Indies is a subregion of North America, surrounded by the North Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, which comprises 13 independent island countries and 19 dependencies in three archipelagos: the Greater Antilles, the Lesser Antilles, and the Lucayan Archipelago.

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World Bank

The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans and grants to the governments of low- and middle-income countries for the purpose of pursuing capital projects.

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1902 eruption of Mount Pelée

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. La Soufrière (Saint Vincent) and 1902 eruption of Mount Pelée are 20th-century volcanic events, Peléan eruptions and Phreatic eruptions.

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See also

18th-century volcanic events

Mountains of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Mountains of the Caribbean

Peléan eruptions

Phreatic eruptions

Stratovolcanoes of North America

VEI-4 volcanoes

Volcanoes of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Soufrière_(Saint_Vincent)

Also known as La Soufrière (volcano), List of volcanoes in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Mount Soufriere, Soufrière (volcano), Soufrière Saint Vincent, Soufriere volcano, Soufrière St. Vincent.