Puy de la Vache
{{Short description|Mountain in central France}}
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| photo = Puy de la vache 1.jpg
| elevation_m = 1167
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| range = Chaîne des Puys (Massif Central)
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| location = Puy-de-Dôme, France
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| photo_caption = The Puy de la Vache seen from the Puy de Lassolas.
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The Puy de la Vache is a basaltic volcano in the Chaîne des Puys, in the Massif Central of France.
Geography
= Topography =
The Puy de la Vache is located in the municipality of Saint-Genès-Champanelle, southwest of Clermont-Ferrand. It rises to an altitude of 1,167 meters.IGN maps available on [http://www.geoportail.gouv.fr/accueil Géoportail]
= Geology =
With its twin, the Puy de Lassolas, they form two monogenetic volcanoes, meaning they were born from a single eruptive episode of Strombolian type. They form two scoria cones, ranging in color from red (for those exposed to the heat of the crater, which favored their oxidation) to black.{{Cite web |date=2021-03-05 |title=Le puy de Lassolas {{!}} Auvergne Destination |url=https://www.auvergne-destination.com/fiches/le-puy-de-lassolas/ |access-date=2024-04-15 |website=www.auvergne-destination.com |language=fr-FR}}{{Cite book |last=Lecoq |first=Henri |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DGR4ODcpckoC |title=Elements de geographie physique et de meteorologie, ou resume des notions acquises sur les grands phenomenes et les grandes lois de la nature par H. Lecoq |date=1840 |publisher=Societe typographique Belge, Ad. Whalen et compe |pages=279 |language=fr}}
Rare phenocrysts (large crystals contained within a volcanic rock) can be found at this site.{{Cite book |last=Bentor |first=Yaakow K. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PdgRAQAAMAAJ |title=La chaîne des Puys (Massif central français) Recherches géologiques et pétrographiques |date=1955 |publisher=C. Béranger |pages=805 |language=fr}}
References
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Category:Mountains of the Massif Central
Category:Mountains of Puy-de-Dôme