Volcanoes of France

Chaine des Puys, France

Cinder cone · 1,464 m (4,803 ft)

Chaine des Puys is a cinder cone in France, 1,464 m (4,803 ft) high. Its last known eruption: bC (Holocene). NOAA records no significant eruption here.

Chaine des Puys on the map

Chaine des Puys and the volcanoes within 300 km, colored by when each last erupted.

  • Since 1964
  • 1900 to 1963
  • 1800s
  • AD 1 to 1799
  • Before AD 1, or undated

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The volcano

Type
Cinder cone
Elevation
1,464 m (4,803 ft)
Country
France
Summit
45.786° N, 2.981° E
Last known eruption
BC (Holocene)
Holocene activity known from
Radiocarbon
Smithsonian volcano number
210020

Significant eruptions

NOAA records eruptions that killed, did damage, were very large, or set off a tsunami or earthquake.

None on record.

Around it

The volcanoes within 300 km.

Earthquakes near Chaine des PuysAsh advisories and webcams on the live map

Sources

Volcanoes and significant eruptions from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24. Volcano numbers are the Smithsonian Institution’s Global Volcanism Program’s.