Petit Puy de Dôme
Petit Puy de Dôme is a volcano in Orcines, Arrondissement of Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and has an elevation of 1,265 metres. Petit Puy de Dôme is situated nearby to the locality Le Traversin, as well as near La Souchère.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Puy-de-Dôme and Temple of Mercury.
Puy-de-Dôme
Volcano
Photo: Carsten Steger, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Puy de Dôme is a lava dome and one of the youngest volcanoes in the Chaîne des Puys region of Massif Central in central France. This chain of volcanoes including numerous cinder cones, lava domes and maars is far from the edge of any tectonic plate.
Temple of Mercury
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0 fr.
The Temple of Mercury at Puy de Dôme is a Gallo-Roman trachyte temple built in the 2nd century at the summit of the lava dome. It replaced a 1st-century arkose temple on the same site, which was apparently too small to accommodate the many pilgrims who visited.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Égaules and Chamalières.
Égaules
Hamlet
Égaules is a small hamlet, part of the Volvic commune in Puy-de-Dôme département, in Auvergne, France. It is situated at an altitude of 800 m upon a spur, where the thalweg is incised at 666 m above sea level.
Chamalières
Town
Photo: Alexandre.chassignon, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Chamalières is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, central France. With 17,276 inhabitants, Chamalières is the fourth-largest town in the department. Chamalières is situated 8 km east of Petit Puy de Dôme.
Clermont-Ferrand
Clermont-Ferrand is a city in central France, the capital of the Auvergne region. Population 140,000.
Petit Puy de Dôme
- Type: Volcano with an elevation of 1,265 metres
- Also known as: “Petit Puy de Dome”
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Orcines, Arrondissement of Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, Europe
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Latitude
45.77821° or 45° 46′ 42″ northLongitude
2.96885° or 2° 58′ 8″ eastElevation
1,265 metres (4,150 feet)Open location code
8FQ4QXH9+7GOpenStreetMap ID
node 3649431510OpenStreetMap feature
natural=volcano
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to French—“Petit Puy de Dôme” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Petit Puy de Dôme”
- Dutch: “Petit Puy de Dôme”
- French: “petit Puy de Dôme”
- French: “Petit Puy de Dôme”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Le Traversin and La Souchère.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Nid de la Poule and Le Traversin.
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