Soufrière

Dormant volcano in the south of Basse-Terre Island, Guadeloupe, with a height of 1,467 m/4,813 ft. It is the highest peak in the Lesser Antilles.

Soufrière

Volcano and highest point of the island of St Vincent in the Windward Islands in the eastern Caribbean; height 1,234 m/4,048 ft. La Soufrière stands in the northern part of the island. It last erupted in 1979, forcing the authorities to evacuate two-thirds of the island's population.

It had previously erupted in 1812, 1902, and 1971. The 1902 eruption was particularly severe, devastating half of the island and claiming 2,000 lives.

Soufrière

Rising out of the sea are two forest-covered peaks, the Gros Piton (798 m/2,618 ft) and Petit Piton (750 m/2,461 ft). These volcanic cones are situated on the west coast, near the town of Soufrière, which takes its name from the nearby sulphur springs, the remains of a vast collapsed volcano.

Town and fishing port on the west coast of the island of St Lucia, one of the Windward Islands in the West Indies; population (1992) 7,963. Agriculture and fishing are the principal industries. The town is the centre of a coconut- and lime-producing district. It is 3 km/2 mi northwest of the boiling Soufrière springs, from which the town takes its name.

The town is situated near two forest-covered volcanic cones which rise out of the sea, the Gros Piton (798 m/2,618 ft) and Petit Piton (750 m/2,461 ft). There is also an accessible volcano (Mount Soufrière) nearby which has active sulphur springs.