Mount Vesuvius Research Paper

Mount Vesuvius is known as one of the most famous volcanos on the planet. It is in the Eastern Hemisphere, and does not lie on the ring of fire, which is somewhat rare. Mount Vesuvius in located on the continent of Europe and in the country of Italy. Its geographical coordinates are North 40 degrees and East 14 degrees. The tectonic plates below Mount Vesuvius are the Eurasian and African Plates. The plates that have interacted to form this volcano are convergent. It is still an active volcano and in the past the eruptions have been very explosive and damaging. In 79 A.D. the city of Pompeii was destroyed by the massive eruption of Mount Vesuvius. The town of Herculenium (Named after Hercules, because supposedly Vesuvius was sacred to Hercules) was totally covered in Volcanic mud, while Naples had some minor damage from fires and earthquakes. …show more content…
A total of 16,000 people died in the 79 A.D. eruption in the city of Pompeii. One survivor from the 79 A.D. eruption was Pliny the Younger, Pliny was a boy that was staying with his aunt and uncle in Misinium Italy. He was an eyewitness to the destruction of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D. He described the eruption as a Mediterranean Pine tree with white plumes of smoke and dark plumes stained with ash at the top of a tall tree. Mount Vesuvius is best known for the eruption in A.D. 79. Plenty the younger did get away from this eruption. This volcano is the worlds most popular volcano because of its popular eruption in A.D.