East African Islands
Réunion
Réunion National Park

Piton de la Fournaise

Piton de la Fournaise is the only active volcano on Island, and one of the most active in the world. Rising to 2,631 m above sea level, locals know it as "Le Volcan".
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  • Type: Volcano with an elevation of 2,631 metres
  • Description: Volcano on the French oversea department La Réunion
  • Also known as: “Piton de la fournaise inlanguage:simple” and “Volcan de la Fournaise”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Formica Leo and Chapelle de Rosemont.

Shingle beach
Photo: Geolina163, CC BY-SA 4.0.
, named for its similar shape to the pitfall built by the antlion, is a small volcanic crater of the Piton de la Fournaise, the active volcano on the eastern side of island in the Indian Ocean.

Cave
Photo: Dunog, Public domain.
is a cave.

Scenic viewpoint
Photo: B.navez, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a scenic viewpoint.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Enclos Fouqué and Plaine des Sables.

Locality
Photo: VillageHero, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The is the most recent caldera built by the Piton de la Fournaise, the active volcano of the isle of la .

Locality
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The is a volcanic plateau in the mountains of . Part of the Piton de la Fournaise massif, this volcanic desert is situated at the border of and , within .

Locality
Photo: VillageHero, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a locality.

Piton de la Fournaise

Latitude
-21.2431° or 21° 14′ 35″ south
Longitude
55.7073° or 55° 42′ 26″ east
Elevation
2,631 metres (8,632 feet)
Open location code
5HCQQP44+QW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3066620356
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­volcano
Geo­Names ID
935877
Wiki­data ID
Q1049644
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Discover Piton de la Fournaise from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Wu Chinese—“Piton de la Fournaise” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بيتون دي لا فورنيز”
  • Azerbaijani: “Piton-de-la-Furnez”
  • Basque: “Piton de la Fournaise”
  • Belarusian: “Пітон-дэ-ла-Фурнез”
  • Catalan: “Piton de la Fournaise”
  • Cebuano: “Piton de la Fournaise”
  • Chinese: “富尔奈斯火山”
  • Chinese: “富爾奈斯火山”
  • Czech: “Piton de la Fournaise”
  • Danish: “Piton de la Fournaise”
  • Dutch: “Piton de la Fournaise”
  • Esperanto: “Piton de la Fournaise”
  • Estonian: “La Fournaise”
  • Estonian: “Piton de la Fournaise”
  • Finnish: “Piton de la Fournaise”
  • French: “La Fournaise”
  • French: “piton de la Fournaise”
  • French: “Piton de la Fournaise”
  • Galician: “Piton de la Fournaise”
  • Georgian: “პითონ-დე-ლა-ფურნეზი”
  • Georgian: “პიტონ-დე-ლა-ფურნეზი”
  • German: “Piton de la Fournaise”
  • Greek: “Λα Φουρναίζ”
  • Greek: “Πιτόν ντε λα Φουρναίζ”
  • Hebrew: “פיטון דה לה פורנז”
  • Indonesian: “Piton de la Fournaise”
  • Italian: “Piton de la Fournaise”
  • Japanese: “ピトン・デ・ネージュ”
  • Japanese: “ピトン・ドゥ・ラ・フルネーズ”
  • Japanese: “フルネーズ火山”
  • Korean: “푸르네스 봉”
  • Korean: “피통드라푸르네즈 화산”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Piton de la Fournaise”
  • Norwegian: “Piton de la Fournaise”
  • Polish: “Piton de la Fournaise”
  • Portuguese: “Piton de la Fournaise”
  • Russian: “Питон-де-ла-Фурнез”
  • Slovak: “Piton de la Fournaise”
  • Slovenian: “Piton de la Fournaise”
  • Spanish: “Piton de la Fournaise”
  • Spanish: “Pitón de la Fournaise”
  • Swahili: “Piton de la Fournaise”
  • Swedish: “Fournaise”
  • Swedish: “Piton de la Fournaise”
  • Turkish: “Piton de la Fournaise”
  • Ukrainian: “Пітон-де-ла-Фурнез”
  • Wu Chinese: “富尔奈斯火山”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Piton de la Fournaise”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.