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Is la martinique a volcanic island?

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15y ago
Updated: 8/18/2019

Yes, la Martinique is a volcanic island. The 'montagne pelée' (bald mount) volcano eruption in 1902 killed all but two of the 29000 inhabitants of the town of Saint-Pierre (some put the figure at around 26000), down the mount.

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