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10 Interesting Facts about Mt. Vesuvius

10 Interesting Facts about Mt. Vesuvius
These following facts about Mt. Vesuvius should expand your knowledge about about this mountain. As you know, Mount Vesuvius is a stratovolcano in the Gulf of Naples, Italy, about 9 kilometers east of Naples and a short distance from the shore. This mountain is one of several volcanoes which form the Campanian volcanic arc. It also consists of a large cone partially encircled by the steep rim of a summit caldera caused by the collapse of an earlier  Read More ... »