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noun - a volcano in southwestern Italy on the Mediterranean coast
VESUVIUS - Mount Vesuvius ( ; Italian: Monte Vesuvio [monte vezuvjo]; Neapolitan: Vesuvio; Latin: Mons Vesuvius [mõs wsw.s]; also Vesevus or Vesaevus in some R...
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| In March 1944, shortly after the Allies reached Naples, this volcano erupted, damaging 88 B-25 planes |
| Pliny the Elder, Roman geologist, died while observing this volcano erupting |
| Though the 79 A.D. eruption gets more press, in 1631 this volcano claimed at least 3,000 lives |
| You can visit this volcano that overlooks the Bay of Naples, reaching the rim of the crater's mouth |
| Pompeii was a city of about 20,000 when this volcano erupted August 24, 79 A.D., burying the city under 20 feet of ash |
| Monte Somma Ridge was formed during a prehistoric eruption of this volcano |
| In the 1840s an observatory was built at the 2,000-foot level on this volcano southeast of Naples |
| It's said the name of this mountain near Pompeii comes from a word for smoke |
| Formed in lava, leucite is common on the slopes of this mount above the Bay of Naples |
| In 1767 this volcano erupted so violently that the king of Naples had to flee his palace |
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Mount Vesuvius ( ; Italian: Monte Vesuvio [monte vezuvjo]; Neapolitan: Vesuvio; Latin: Mons Vesuvius [mõs wsw.s]; also Vesevus or Vesaevus in some Roman sources) is a somma-stratovolcano located on the Gulf of Naples in Campania, Italy, about 9 km (5.6 mi) east of Naples and a short distance from the shore. It is one of several volcanoes which form the Campanian volcanic arc. Vesuvius consists of a large cone partially encircled by the steep rim of a summit caldera caused by the collapse of an earlier and originally much higher structure. * Mount Vesuvius is best known for its eruption in AD 79 that led to the burying and destruction of the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum, as well as several other settlements. The eruption ejected a cloud of stones, ashes and volcanic gases to a height of 33 km (21 mi), spewing molten rock and pulverized pumice at the rate of 6×105 cubic metres (7.8×105 cu yd) per second, ultimately releasing a hundred thousand times the thermal energy released b |