Gour de Tazenat
The Gour de Tazenat is a
Topography
The lake marks the northern limit of the Chaîne des Puys. It is located in Charbonnières-les-Vieilles, near Manzat in the French department of Puy-de-Dôme. It is 20 kilometres (12 mi) northwest of Riom, 5 kilometres northeast of Manzat and 2.5 kilometres south of Charbonnières-les-Vieilles.
The lake has a depth of 66 metres (217 ft). Its banks, except in the north and northeast, are wooded and have a height of 50 metres (164 ft).
The crater of this volcano is on average 80 metres (262 ft) deep and 700 metres (2,297 ft) wide. A 2.8 km trail can be used to walk around it. Navigation on the lake is prohibited.
Geology
Gour de Tazenat is a volcanic crater formed by a
Fauna and flora
Aquatic fauna consists of many
and other fish with white flesh.History
The Gour de Tazenat was formed at least 29,000 years ago, as indicated by
Literature
Guy de Maupassant evokes the lake in his short story Mes vingt-cinq jours ("My Twenty-Five Days"), published in Various Tales in 1885 and in Mont-Oriol in 1887.
Notes and references
- Pierre Boivin et al., "Volcanology of the Chaîne des Puys", 4th edition 2004, published by Regional Nature Park of the Volcanoes of Auvergne, pages 106-108
- Maurice Krafft and François-Dominique LAROUZIERE, "Guide to volcanoes in Europe and the Canaries", Paris, 1991, 455 p. (ISBN 2-603-00813-7), p. 62.64
- Guy de Maupassant - Scan Thierry Selva "My Twenty-Five Days" (online access, The Literature Network)
Specific
- ^ Johannes Baier: Das Vulkanfeld Chaîne des Puys. In: Aufschluss 72 (6), S. 310–321, 2021.