La Grande Soufrière

La Grande Soufrière, or simply Soufrière, is an active stratovolcano on the island of , . It is the highest mountain peak in the , rising 1,467 m high.
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  • Type: Volcano with an elevation of 1,467 metres
  • Description: active stratovolcano located in Basse-Terre Island, Guadeloupe, French West Indies
  • Also known as: “La Grande Soufriere”, “La Soufriere”, “La Soufrière de Guadeloupe”, “La Soufrière de la Guadeloupe”, “La Veille Dame”, “Nejvyšší hora Guadeloupe”, “Soufriere”, “Soufrière”, “Soufrière de Guadeloupe”, “Soufrière de la Guadeloupe”, “vyé madanm la”, “لا سوفريير”, “大苏弗里耶尔火山”, “大蘇弗里耶爾火山”, and “苏弗里耶尔山”

Places of Interest

Highlights: L’Échelle and Citerne.

Volcano
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is a volcano.

Volcano
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is a French volcano located in , on the southeast flank of La Grande Soufrière.

Waterfall
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is a series of waterfalls on the Carbet…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Matouba and Saint-Claude.

Village
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is a locality in the commune of in Guadeloupe.

Town
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is a commune in the overseas department of .

Town
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is a commune in the overseas region…

La Grande Soufrière

Latitude
16.04324° or 16° 2′ 36″ north
Longitude
-61.66372° or 61° 39′ 49″ west
Elevation
1,467 metres (4,813 feet)
Open location code
778W28VP+7G
Open­Street­Map ID
node 6123853763
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­volcano
Geo­Names ID
3578370
Wiki­data ID
Q1149310
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Venetian—“La Grande Soufrière” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “سوفريير”
  • Basque: “Soufrière”
  • Breton: “Soufrière”
  • Catalan: “Grande Soufrière”
  • Cebuano: “Soufrière”
  • Chinese: “苏弗里耶尔火山”
  • Chinese: “蘇弗里耶爾火山”
  • Croatian: “La Grande Soufrière”
  • Czech: “Soufrière”
  • Danish: “La Soufrière”
  • Dutch: “La Grande Soufrière”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبل لا جراند سوفرير”
  • French: “La Soufrière”
  • French: “Soufrière”
  • German: “Soufrière”
  • Hebrew: “לה סופרייר”
  • Italian: “La Grande Soufrière”
  • Japanese: “スフリエール山”
  • Korean: “수프리에르 산”
  • Korean: “수프리에르산”
  • Ladin: “Soufrière”
  • Latvian: “Sufriērs (Gvadelupa)”
  • Latvian: “Sufriērs”
  • Lithuanian: “Sufrieras”
  • Macedonian: “Суфриер”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Soufrière”
  • Persian: “لا گراند سوفریر”
  • Polish: “Soufrière”
  • Portuguese: “La Grande Soufrière”
  • Russian: “Суфриер (Бас-Тер)”
  • Russian: “Суфриер”
  • Slovak: “Soufrière”
  • Spanish: “La Soufrière”
  • Swahili: “La Grande Soufrière”
  • Swedish: “Soufrière, Guadeloupe”
  • Swedish: “Soufrière”
  • Ukrainian: “Суфріер”
  • Venetian: “La Grande Soufrière”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Jardin Lherminier and La Découverte.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Gouffre Peyssonnel and gouffre Tarissan.

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Worth a closer look: Pointe-à-Pitre and Sainte-Anne.

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