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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 ... »