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/sooh frddyerdd"/, n.1. Also, La Soufrière, a volcano in the West Indies, on St. Vincent island. 4048 ft. (1234 m).2. Also, Grande Soufrière, a volcano in the West Indies, on Guadeloupe. 4869 ft. (1484 m).3. a volcanic peak in the West Indies, on Montserrat island. 3002 ft. (915 m).
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town on St. Lucia island in the eastern Caribbean Sea. It is situated on a bay of the island's west coast, southwest of Castries, the capital. The town is exceptionally picturesque. It is a fishing port and the centre of a coconut- and lime-producing district and is 2 miles (3 km) northwest of the boiling sulfur springs from which Soufrière takes its name. The springs and the nearby Terre Blanche and Petit Peak were born of the ancient Qualibou Caldera. Pop. (1992 est.) 7,963.also called La Soufrière(French: “Sulfur Mine”), active volcano on southern Basse-Terre island, Guadeloupe, in the eastern Caribbean Sea. It rises to 4,813 feet (1,467 metres) and is the highest point of Guadeloupe. The volcano erupted for several weeks starting in August 1976 but caused no loss of life because some 72,000 people had been evacuated from the area; other, weaker eruptions occurred through January 1977.French La Soufrièreactive volcano on the island of Saint Vincent, in the country of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, which lies within the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean Sea. The volcano rises to peaks of 3,864 feet (1,178 metres) and 4,048 feet (1,234 metres) north of the crater. It erupted violently in 1812 and again in 1902, when it seriously damaged the northern part of the island and killed some 1,600 people. A series of mild eruptions in 1971–72 caused no damage, but eruptions in April 1979 forced authorities to evacuate residents of communities surrounding the foothills of the volcano. There was no loss of life, but agriculture suffered considerably. The volcano's name (French: “Sulfur Mine”) reflects the sulfurous odour accompanying its eruptions.* * *
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