MOUNT VESUVIUS

RECORD OF ERUPTION

• erupted in AD 79 in one of the most famous and deadly volcanic eruptions in European history, which was witnessed and documented by Pliny the Younger, a Roman administrator and poet.

RECORD OF ERUPTION

• Vesuvius claimed no military fatalities during the 1944 eruption, 26 Italian civilians were killed and nearly 12,000 were displaced. Most died near Salerno, where heavy ashfall collapsed roofs. Falling volcanic rock killed three in Terzigno.

SHAPE OF CONE

• Mount Vesuvius is a complex stratovolcano, built by layers of hardened lava, pumice, and volcanic ash. conical volcano. Such composite volcanos have a conical shape with gentle lower slopes that rise steeply. The crater is at the summit.

TYPE OF VOLCANO

• Mount Vesuvius is a Stratovolcano

TRIVIA

• Mount Vesuvius has experienced eight major eruptions in the last 17,000 years. The 79 AD eruption is one of the most well-known ancient eruptions in the world, and may have killed more than 16,000 people. Ash, mud and rocks from this eruption buried the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum.

TRIVIA

• Most Dangerous Volcano in Europe
• Most Notorious Volcano
• Mt.Vesuvius erupted another 30 times

TRIVIA

• Mt.Vesuvius Burned and Buried pompeii that killed 2000 people

-PALOMO