Vesuvius

E79924

active volcano natural landmark stratovolcano

Vesuvius is an active stratovolcano near Naples in southern Italy, famous for its catastrophic AD 79 eruption that buried the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum.

Aliases (3)

Statements (56)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	active volcano → natural landmark → stratovolcano →
affected	Boscoreale → Oplontis → Stabiae →
country	Italy →
coveredWith	ash → pumice → tephra →
destroyed	Herculaneum → Pompeii →
elevation	about 1281 meters → about 4203 feet →
eruptedInYear	1631 → 1906 → 1944 → 79 →
eruptionStyle	Plinian → Vulcanian →
geologicalSetting	subduction zone volcano →
hasFeature	Mount Somma caldera rim → central cone → crater →
hasHikingTrails	summit trails →
hasItalianName	Vesuvio →
hasLatinName	Vesuvius →
hasNationalPark	Vesuvius National Park →
hazardFor	Naples metropolitan area →
isFamousFor	AD 79 eruption that buried Pompeii and Herculaneum →
isOneOf	best studied volcanoes in the world → most dangerous volcanoes in the world →
isTouristAttraction	true →
lastEruption	1944 →
lastEruptionPeriod	World War II →
locatedIn	Campania → southern Italy →
locatedNear	Naples →
locatedOn	Gulf of Naples →
monitoredBy	Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia → Osservatorio Vesuviano →
mountainRange	Apennines →
nationalParkEstablished	1995 →
nearbyCity	Naples →
nearbyTown	Ercolano → Pompei → Torre del Greco →
notableEruption	1631 eruption → 1906 eruption → 1944 eruption → AD 79 eruption →
partOf	Campanian volcanic arc → Campanian volcanic zone →
populationAtRisk	millions of people →
tectonicContext	convergence of African Plate and Eurasian Plate →
volcanoType	Somma-stratovolcano →

Referenced by (14)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Herculaneum ("Mount Vesuvius") → Pompeii ("Mount Vesuvius") → Portici →	locatedNear
Campania ("Mount Vesuvius") → Southern Italy →	contains
Italian Peninsula ("Mount Vesuvius") → Tyrrhenian region →	containsVolcano
Gulf of Naples ("Mount Vesuvius") → Naples ("Mount Vesuvius") →	near
Vesuvio Cafe ("Vesuvio") →	alternativeName
Vesuvius ("Vesuvio") →	hasItalianName
Vesuvius →	hasLatinName
Castel dell'Ovo ("Mount Vesuvius") →	hasViewOf
Campania ("Mount Vesuvius volcano") →	knownFor