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Mont Pelee, Martinique, W. Indies
![Mont Pelee](../../../../webdav/site/GSL/shared/images/education_and_careers/RockCycle/Processes/Melting/Pelee2.jpg)
Composite volcano
(mainly pyroclastics)Height: 1397 m
Last eruption: 1929-32. The eruption of May 8th, 1902 produced a large pyroclastic flow that killed the entire population of St. Pierre (over 29,000 people) with the exception of a prisoner awaiting execution in the town gaol!
![Mont Pelee, Martinique, W. Indies](../../../../webdav/site/GSL/shared/images/education_and_careers/RockCycle/Processes/Melting/Pelee1.jpg)
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