Mount Vesuvius
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Top 1000
Top 1000Wonder Type: Natural
Country: Italy
Best of: Mountain
Description:
Mount Vesuvius, 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. [More Details]
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