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Mount Pelée, the Glossary

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.^[1]

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Important Bird Areas of Martinique
Mountains of Martinique
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VEI-4 volcanoes
Volcanoes of Martinique

Active volcano

An active volcano is a volcano that has erupted during the Holocene (the current geologic epoch that began approximately 11,700 years ago), is currently erupting, or has the potential to erupt in the future. Mount Pelée and active volcano are active volcanoes.

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Allobates chalcopis

Allobates chalcopis, also known as the Martinique volcano frog or ravine rocket frog, is a species of frog in the family Aromobatidae.

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Antillean Creole

Antillean Creole (also known as Lesser Antillean Creole) is a French-based creole that is primarily spoken in the Lesser Antilles.

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Antillean crested hummingbird

The Antillean crested hummingbird (Orthorhyncus cristatus) is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae.

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Aromobatidae

The Aromobatidae are a family of frogs native to Central and South America.

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Atlantic Ocean

The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, with an area of about.

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BirdLife International

BirdLife International is a global partnership of non-governmental organizations that strives to conserve birds and their habitats.

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Blue-headed hummingbird

The blue-headed hummingbird (Riccordia bicolor) is a species of hummingbird in the "emeralds", tribe Trochilini of subfamily Trochilinae.

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Bridled quail-dove

The bridled quail-dove (Geotrygon mystacea) is a species of bird in the family Columbidae.

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Brown trembler

The brown trembler (Cinclocerthia ruficauda) is a species of bird in the family Mimidae, the mockingbirds and thrashers.

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Caldera

A caldera is a large cauldron-like hollow that forms shortly after the emptying of a magma chamber in a volcanic eruption.

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Carbet Mountains

The Carbet Mountains (or Carbet Nails) are a massif of volcanic origin on the Caribbean island of Martinique.

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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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Caribbean elaenia

The Caribbean elaenia (Elaenia martinica) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae found in the West Indies and parts of Central America.

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Caribbean Plate

The Caribbean Plate is a mostly oceanic tectonic plate underlying Central America and the Caribbean Sea off the northern coast of South America.

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Deformation (volcanology)

In volcanology, deformation is any change in the shape of a volcano or the land surrounding it.

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Dungeon

A dungeon is a room or cell in which prisoners are held, especially underground.

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Endemism

Endemism is the state of a species only being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsewhere.

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France

France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe.

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Fumarole

A fumarole (or fumerole) is a vent in the surface of the Earth or another rocky planet from which hot volcanic gases and vapors are emitted, without any accompanying liquids or solids.

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Geophysics

Geophysics is a subject of natural science concerned with the physical processes and physical properties of the Earth and its surrounding space environment, and the use of quantitative methods for their analysis.

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Gordon Thomas (21 February 1933 – 3 March 2017) was a British investigative journalist and author, notably on topics of secret intelligence.

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Green-throated carib

The green-throated carib (Eulampis holosericeus) is a species of hummingbird in the subfamily Polytminae.

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Grey trembler

The grey trembler (Cinclocerthia gutturalis) is a songbird species in the family Mimidae, the mockingbirds and thrashers.

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Guadeloupe

Guadeloupe (Gwadloup) is an overseas department and region of France in the Caribbean.

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Hazard

A hazard is a potential source of harm.

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Hispaniolan euphonia

The Hispaniolan euphonia (Chlorophonia musica) is a bird species in the finch family, Fringillidae that is endemic to the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean.

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Important Bird Area

An Important Bird and Biodiversity Area (IBA) is an area identified using an internationally agreed set of criteria as being globally important for the conservation of bird populations.

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Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris

The Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris - Université de Paris (IPGP, University of Paris; French for "Paris Institute of Earth Physics") is a French governmental, non-profit research and higher education establishment located in Paris, dedicated to the study of earth and planetary sciences by combining observations, laboratory analysis and construction of conceptual analogical and numerical models.

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Island arc

Island arcs are long chains of active volcanoes with intense seismic activity found along convergent tectonic plate boundaries.

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Kick 'em Jenny

Kick 'em Jenny (also: Kick-'em-Jenny or Mt. Kick-'Em-Jenny) is an active submarine volcano or seamount on the Caribbean Sea floor, located north of the island of Grenada and about west of Ronde Island in the Grenadines. Mount Pelée and Kick 'em Jenny are active volcanoes.

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La Grande Soufrière

La Grande Soufrière ("big sulfur outlet"), or simply Soufrière (Soufwiyè), is an active stratovolcano on the French island of Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe. Mount Pelée and La Grande Soufrière are active volcanoes, Mountains of the Caribbean and Stratovolcanoes of France.

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La Soufrière (Saint Vincent)

La Soufrière or Soufrière Saint Vincent is an active volcano on the Caribbean island of Saint Vincent in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Mount Pelée and La Soufrière (Saint Vincent) are active volcanoes, Holocene stratovolcanoes, Mountains of the Caribbean and VEI-4 volcanoes.

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Lava

Lava is molten or partially molten rock (magma) that has been expelled from the interior of a terrestrial planet (such as Earth) or a moon onto its surface.

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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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Léon Compère-Léandre

Léon Compère-Léandre (1874?–1936) was a Martiniquais shoemaker in Saint-Pierre on the French Caribbean island of Martinique when Mount Pelée erupted on May 8, 1902, and destroyed the town.

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Lesser Antillean bullfinch

The lesser Antillean bullfinch (Loxigilla noctis) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae.

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Lesser Antillean flycatcher

The Lesser Antillean flycatcher (Myiarchus oberi) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae.

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Lesser Antillean pewee

The Lesser Antillean pewee (Contopus latirostris) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae.

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Lesser Antillean saltator

The Lesser Antillean saltator (Saltator albicollis) is a species of songbird in the tanager family Thraupidae that is found in Dominica, Martinique, Saint Kitts and Nevis, and Saint Lucia.

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Lesser Antillean swift

The Lesser Antillean swift (Chaetura martinica) is a species a species of bird in subfamily Apodinae of the swift family Apodidae.

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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 volcanic eruptions by death toll

Volcanic eruptions can be highly explosive.

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Ludger Sylbaris

Ludger Sylbaris (1 June 1874 – 1929, aged 55) was an Afro-Caribbean man who was one of the survivors in the city of Saint-Pierre on the Caribbean island of Martinique during the 1902 eruption of Mount Pelée on May 8, 1902.

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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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Martinique oriole

The Martinique oriole (Icterus bonana) is a species of bird in the family Icteridae.

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Max Morgan-Witts

Max Morgan-Witts (born 27 September 1931) is a British producer, director and author of Canadian origin.

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Montserrat

Montserrat is a British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean.

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Mount Pinatubo

Mount Pinatubo is an active stratovolcano in the Zambales Mountains in Luzon island of the Philippines. Mount Pelée and Mount Pinatubo are Holocene stratovolcanoes, Pleistocene stratovolcanoes and Subduction volcanoes.

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Mount St. Helens

Mount St. Helens (known as Lawetlat'la to the indigenous Cowlitz people, and Loowit or Louwala-Clough to the Klickitat) is an active stratovolcano located in Skamania County, Washington, in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. Mount Pelée and Mount St. Helens are active volcanoes, Holocene stratovolcanoes, Pleistocene stratovolcanoes and Subduction volcanoes.

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Mount Vesuvius

Mount Vesuvius is a somma–stratovolcano located on the Gulf of Naples in Campania, Italy, about east of Naples and a short distance from the shore. Mount Pelée and Mount Vesuvius are active volcanoes, Holocene stratovolcanoes and Subduction volcanoes.

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Oceanic crust

Oceanic crust is the uppermost layer of the oceanic portion of the tectonic plates.

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Overseas departments and regions of France

The overseas departments and regions of France (départements et régions d'outre-mer,; DROM) are departments of the French Republic which are outside the continental Europe situated portion of France, known as "metropolitan France".

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Oxford University Press

Oxford University Press (OUP) is the publishing house of the University of Oxford.

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Patrick Chamoiseau

Patrick Chamoiseau (born 3 December 1953) is a French author from Martinique known for his work in the créolité movement.

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Pearly-eyed thrasher

The pearly-eyed thrasher (Margarops fuscatus) is a bird in the thrasher family Mimidae.

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Phreatic eruption

A phreatic eruption, also called a phreatic explosion, ultravulcanian eruption or steam-blast eruption, occurs when magma heats ground water or surface water.

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Prison

A prison, also known as a jail, gaol, penitentiary, detention center, correction center, correctional facility, remand center, hoosegow, or slammer is a facility where people are imprisoned against their will and denied their liberty under the authority of the state, generally as punishment for various crimes.

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Prison cell

A prison cell (also known as a jail cell) is a small room in a prison or police station where a prisoner is held.

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Puerto Rico

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Pumice

Pumice, called pumicite in its powdered or dust form, is a volcanic rock that consists of extremely vesicular rough-textured volcanic glass, which may or may not contain crystals.

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Purple-throated carib

The purple-throated carib (Eulampis jugularis) is a species of hummingbird in the subfamily Polytminae.

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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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Radiocarbon dating

Radiocarbon dating (also referred to as carbon dating or carbon-14 dating) is a method for determining the age of an object containing organic material by using the properties of radiocarbon, a radioactive isotope of carbon.

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Rufous-throated solitaire

The rufous-throated solitaire (Myadestes genibarbis) is a species of bird placed in the family Turdidae.

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Rutgers University Press

Rutgers University Press (RUP) is a nonprofit academic publishing house, operating in New Brunswick, New Jersey under the auspices of Rutgers University.

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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-Pierre, Martinique

Saint-Pierre (Martinican Creole: Senpiè) is a town and commune of France's Caribbean overseas department of Martinique, founded in 1635 by Pierre Belain d'Esnambuc.

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San Diego State University

San Diego State University (SDSU) is a public research university in San Diego, California.

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Scaly-breasted thrasher

The scaly-breasted thrasher (Allenia fusca) is a species of bird in the family Mimidae.

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Sea cave

A sea cave, is also known as a littoral cave, a type of cave formed primarily by the wave action of the sea.

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Soufrière Hills

The Soufrière Hills are an active, complex stratovolcano with many lava domes forming its summit on the Caribbean island of Montserrat. Mount Pelée and Soufrière Hills are active volcanoes and Holocene stratovolcanoes.

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South American Plate

The South American Plate is a major tectonic plate which includes the continent of South America as well as a sizable region of the Atlantic Ocean seabed extending eastward to the African Plate, with which it forms the southern part of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.

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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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Subduction

Subduction is a geological process in which the oceanic lithosphere and some continental lithosphere is recycled into the Earth's mantle at convergent boundaries.

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Submarine volcano

Submarine volcanoes are underwater vents or fissures in the Earth's surface from which magma can erupt.

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Texaco (novel)

Texaco is a 1992 novel by Patrick Chamoiseau, a French author who was born and raised in Martinique.

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The World's Work

The World's Work (1900–1932) was a monthly magazine that covered national affairs from a pro-business point of view.

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UNESCO

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO; pronounced) is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) with the aim of promoting world peace and security through international cooperation in education, arts, sciences and culture.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Pelée

Also known as Havivra Da Ifrile, List of volcanoes in Martinique, Mont Pelée, Montagne Pelée, Mount Pelée eruption, Mt Pelée, Mt. Pelée, Pelée, Montagne, Volcano Pelee.

, Mount Vesuvius, Oceanic crust, Overseas departments and regions of France, Oxford University Press, Patrick Chamoiseau, Pearly-eyed thrasher, Phreatic eruption, Prison, Prison cell, Puerto Rico, Pumice, Purple-throated carib, Pyroclastic flow, Radiocarbon dating, Rufous-throated solitaire, Rutgers University Press, Saint Vincent (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines), Saint-Pierre, Martinique, San Diego State University, Scaly-breasted thrasher, Sea cave, Soufrière Hills, South American Plate, Stratovolcano, Subduction, Submarine volcano, Texaco (novel), The World's Work, UNESCO, United States Geological Survey, Venezuela, Volcanic ash, Volcanic cone, Volcanic landslide, Volcano tectonic earthquake, Volcanologist, World Heritage Site, 1902 eruption of Mount Pelée, 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens.

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See also

Important Bird Areas of Martinique

Mountains of Martinique

Mountains of the Caribbean

Natural history of Martinique

Stratovolcanoes of France

VEI-4 volcanoes

Volcanoes of Martinique

References