Mount Vesuvius

I. Introduction Mount Vesuvius is the most famous known volcano, possibly of all time. This extremely powerful volcano sits overlooking the ancient city of Pompeii and present day Naples. Its namely recognition is normally dedicated to the eruption in 79 A.D. This eruption was the explosion that destroyed the ancient city of Pompeii in Italy. The last Vesuvius eruption was in 1944 and it is believed that the volcano is due for another eruption in the near future. Vesuvius is the only active volcano in all of mainland Europe. Mount Vesuvius is a stratovolcano or a volcano built up of alternate layers of lava and ash. It is the most famous volcano in the Campanian volcanic arc. This volcanic arc stretches along the Italian coast line clear to…

Mount Vesuvius erupted on August 24, 79 CE. There was a vivid eyewitness report that was r\preserved in two letters that were written by Pliny the Younger to historian Tacitus. Tacitus had inquired about the death of Pliny the Elder, commander of the Roman fleet which was at Misenum. Rushing from Misenum to help the stricken population and to get a much closer view of the epic volcanic eruption, Pliny the Elder died at Stabiae. Volcanological studies and site excavations that occurred notably in…

The Mount Vesuvius Volcano has erupted many times. Since AD 79, the volcano has also erupted repeatedly, in 172, 203, 222, 303, 379, 472, 512, 536, 685, 787, around 860, around 900, 968, 991, 999, 1006, 1037, 1049, around 1073, 1139, 1150, and there may have been eruptions in 1270, 1347, and 1500. The volcano erupted again in 1631, six times in the 18th century (especially in 1779 and 1794), eight times in the 19th century (notably in 1872), and in 1906, 1929 and 1944. In this assignment I am…

Mt Vesuvius is located in the west coast of Italy overlooking the bay and city of Naples. Latitude and Longitude: 40.82°N / 14.43°E. Build up of pressure in the magma chamber causes Mt Vesuvius, a stratovolcano to erupt. When gases in the magma chamber are under immense heat and pressure they dissolve in the liquid rock, once this magma reaches the conduits (channels for conveying water or other fluid) the gases explode and may burst out the sides of the cone in addition to the summit crater.…

HSIE Geography Assessment Task 2 By Josh Borro (Mount Vesuvius, Italy) Spatial Distribution of the Disaster: In the year 74 AD, 24th of August, a volcano named Mount Vesuvius erupted and caused mass destruction in Pompeii, Italy during Midday. The eruption lasted for more than 24 hours causing parts of the nearby environment to be negatively affected. According to figure number one, Mt Vesuvius is located in the Metropolitan City of Italy. The location of this particular point is 40.822383…

On the west side of Italy, a six foot chamber of magma is building under Mt. Vesuvius. Mt. Vesuvius is a volcano that is still active to this day but, in 79 A.D. the volcano erupted wiping away the city of Pompeii and killing almost everyone in the city. The eruption killed over 16,000 people and it wiped away all the belongings of the people who did make it out alive. The eruption was a total surprise. No warning was given because the volcano eruption was completely unpredictable. Mt.…

Mount Vesuvius consists of a large cone that is partially encircled by a larger, deeper cone, which is the remains of an ancient somma volcano that has erupted and collapsed over time. Mount Vesuvius is located on Italy’s west coast and overlooks the Bay and city of Naples. Vesuvius stands about 4000 ft above sea level, and is part of the Companian volcanic arc, which is a line of volcanoes that formed over a subduction zone created by the convergence of the African and Eurasian plates (Ball,…

The novel Pompeii is a verifiable fiction novel after the difficulties of roman designer and Aquarius Marcus Atillus and his excursion to attempt and fix the amazing water Augusta reservoir conduit, all amid the season of the terrible catastrophe that is the Mount Vesuvius ejection. Atillus knew to begin hunting down the break in the reservoir conduit by beginning from pompeii since it was the main city getting water, so in the event that they took after the reservoir conduit from pompeii they…

Mt. Vesuvius is located 40.8224° N, 14.4289° E on the west coast of Italy. Mount Vesuvius overlooks the city and the bay of Naples, Italy and is the only active Volcano in the mainland. The other volcanoes located on the arc are either extinct or have not erupted in thousands of years and show no immediate signs of eruption. Vesuvius sits in the crater of an ancient somma volcano. Due to the way Vesuvius sits in the caldera it is known as a stratovolcano because of its conical shape. Vesuvius…

Mount Vesuvius is a stratovolcano, located on the West coast of Italy, on the Gulf of Naples and is the only active land volcano in Europe. Mount Vesuvius is 4,190 feet above sea level and is about 50km around its base (figure 1). It is over 17,000 years old and the last eruption occurred in 1944 which was during the Second World War. The volcano is best known for its eruption in AD 79 that damaged many houses and killed many people in the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum. Furthermore, it is…