Deuxième refuge
Martinique0 mUnguardedVerified listing
The place
Deuxième refuge on Montagne Pelée (Martinique, France), at 1247 m elevation. Continuous Antilles cluster (batches 259+263). Ascent refuge on the Aileron routes. Area of high-altitude grassland with mountain pineapple (Pitcairnia bifrons), heritage of the 8 May 1902 eruption (30,000 dead in Saint-Pierre, the largest volcanic disaster of the 20th century).
The setting
Montagne Pelée Martinique 1247 m, continuous cluster batches 259-263, mountain pineapple Pitcairnia bifrons, eruption 8 May 1902 30,000 dead.
