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Pain de sucre (Les Saintes)

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Mountain type
  
Basalt

Elevation
  
53 m

Pain de sucre (Les Saintes) httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommonsthu

Volcanic arc/belt
  
Lesser Antilles Volcanic Arc

Similar
  
Chameau, Morel, La Grande Soufrière, La Soufrière, Gros Piton

Pain de Sucre (literally: sugar loaf) is a little mountain located on Terre-de-Haut Island on the archipelago of Îles des Saintes with the height of 53 metres (173.88 feet). It is a peninsula between two beaches called Petite Anse du Pain de sucre and Anse Devant.

Map of Pain de sucre, Guadeloupe

Pain de Sucre is constituated by an alignment of basalt columns plunging into the blue waters of the bay of les Saintes.

The organ pipes of this mountain are a spectacular geologic curiosity and a famous tourist spot of the archipelago.

References

Pain de sucre (Les Saintes) Wikipedia