La Grande Soufrière (French: big sulphur outlet) is an active stratovolcano located on the French island of Basse-Terre in Guadeloupe. It is the highest mountain peak in the Lesser Antilles and rises 1467 m high.The volcano’s 1976 eruption led to an evacuation but no loss of life. There was a bitter and well-publicized controversy between scientists Claude Allègre and Haroun Tazieff on whether evacuation should be decided.
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