Volcanic eruption
Open on the mapEruption of Chaine des Puys
5760 BCE · 45.79° N, 2.98° E
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.
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What the records say
- When
- 5760 BCE
- Kind
- Volcanic eruption
- Coordinates
- 45.79° N, 2.98° E
- Date uncertainty
- year uncertain
- Vent
- Puy de Come, Puy Montchier
- Dated by
- Radiogenic: Thermoluminescence
- Volcano number
- 210020
- Eruption number
- 10010
The source
- Smithsonian GVP Volcanoes of the World: Holocene eruptionsGlobal Volcanism Program, Smithsonian InstitutionSmithsonian terms of use: personal, educational and non-commercial use, with creditGlobal Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution: Volcanoes of the World v5.3, https://doi.org/10.5479/si.GVP.VOTW5-2025.5.3Source page