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Cool facts you probably didn't know about Mount Vesuvius
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Height:
42,000 feet
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Base: 48 km (30 miles)
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Age: 17,000 years old
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Location: Southern Italy,
Naples 40.82 N, 14.43 E
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Type: Stratovolcano
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Eruptions: Over 50 eruptions,
most famous in 79 A.D.
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Last eruption in 1944 during WWII
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Eruptions have
a pattern of occurring about every 20 years
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Eruption the destroyed Pompeii lasted 19 hours
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4 cubic kilometers of ash was erupted into Pompeii
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Emerged from Mt. Somma 17,000 years ago
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Volcanic Arc/Belt: Campanian volcanic arc
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Oldest rock from Mt. Vesuvius is 300,000 years old
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Scientifically, volcanoes have only been studied for
the past 200 years. The oldest observatory of all live volcanoes is Mount Vesuvius
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For a closer look on the concerns the people of Italy have about Mt. Vesuvius follow this video link
By: Christina Sabatino
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