Mount Pelee Pelee’s volcano. Mount Pelee Mount pelee is still an active volcano at the northern end of the island and in the island arc of the caribbean.

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Mount Pelee Pelee’s volcano

Mount Pelee Mount pelee is still an active volcano at the northern end of the island and in the island arc of the caribbean. Its volcanic cone is composed of layers of volcanic ash and hardened lava.

Mount Pelee hight Mount Pelee’s hight is 1,397 m (4,583 ft ) and mount pelee’s 14 49’0”N 61 10’0”W.

Mount pelee Pyroelastic flows completelly destroyed st.pierr a town of 30,000 people,within min of the eruption. The eruption left only two survivors in the direct path of the flow’s.