Puy de Couleyras
Puy de Couleyras is a volcano in Orcines, Arrondissement of Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and has an elevation of 921 metres. Puy de Couleyras is situated nearby to the locality Roche Pertuisade, as well as near La Roudelle.| 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.
Puy Pariou
Volcano
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0 fr.
The Puy de Pariou, also known as Puy Pariou or Le Pariou, is a volcano located in the Chaîne des Puys, in the Massif Central region. It is formed by the overlay of two strombolian cones and a tuff ring; it produced three lava flows during its eruptive history.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chamalières.
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.
Puy de Couleyras
- Type: Volcano with an elevation of 921 metres
- Category: landform
- Location: Orcines, Arrondissement of Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, Europe
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Latitude
45.7747° or 45° 46′ 29″ northLongitude
2.9894° or 2° 59′ 22″ eastElevation
921 metres (3,022 feet)Open location code
8FQ4QXFQ+VQOpenStreetMap ID
node 8356754217OpenStreetMap feature
natural=volcano
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Localities in the Area
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