Chaîne des Puys
| Chaîne des Puys | ||
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 View from the Puy de Dôme to the Chaîne des Puys |
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| Highest peak | Puy de Dôme ( 1465 m ) | |
| location | Département Puy-de-Dôme / France | |
| part of | Massif Central | |
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| Coordinates | 45 ° 46 ′ N , 2 ° 58 ′ E | |
| Type | Volcanic field | |
| Age of the rock | 90,000 years | |
The Chaîne des Puys , sometimes also called Monts Dômes , is a chain of volcanic mountains in the French Massif Central , in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region . It extends in north-south direction over a length of about 30 kilometers and includes around a hundred extinct volcanoes. It is located west of Clermont-Ferrand , in the Puy-de-Dôme department . The highest point is the Puy de Dôme of the same name , with a height of 1465 meters above sea level.
The Chaîne des Puys is part of the Volcans d'Auvergne Regional Nature Park .
geology
The area contains the remains of three different types of volcanoes:
- Stromboli- type cinder cones (most common occurrence),
- Mont Pelée- type lava domes ,
- Maar- type crater lakes .
The volcanoes date from the Quaternary period . The first eruptions took place around 90,000 years ago, the last around 6,000 years ago on Lac Pavin .
Some peaks of the Chaîne des Puys
from North to south:
- Puy de Louchardière (1198 m),
- Puy Chopine (1181 m),
- Puy Pariou (1189 m),
- Puy de Clerziou (1197 m),
- Puy de Côme (1253 m),
- Puy de Dôme (1465 m),
- Puy de Mercœur (1249 m),
- Puy de Lassolas (1197 m),
- Puy de Monténard (1173 m).
Vulcania
The European Park for Volcanism, Vulcania , is a theme park that deals with all issues relating to volcanism and deals with them in a large number of exhibits and installations. It is located in Saint-Ours-les-Roches in the middle of the real volcanoes of the Chaîne des Puys.
Web links
- Chaîne des Puys in the Global Volcanism Program of the Smithsonian Institution (English)
- J. Edelmann: Auvergne - A report. Summary of the geology of the area
- Official website of the Chaîne des Puys (French)
literature
- Johannes Baier (2020): The Chaîne des Puys in the Auvergne. - Fossils 37 (2): 46-56.
