Where is Vesuvius?
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Surely, many of us have seen a picture of Russianartist K. Bryullov "The Last Day of Pompeii." This work of art is devoted to a great catastrophe: the eruption of a volcano, because of which a whole city was lost. This volcano is called Vesuvius. It is one of the most dangerous volcanoes in the world - its lava cut off the lives of many people and animals, destroyed several cities. Where is Vesuvius, this legendary volcano?
Location of the volcano and its features
The terrible volcano is in the south of Italy, on the coast of the Bay of Naples, in the region of Campania. It is only 16 km east of Naples (40 ° 49'N, 14 ° 25'E)
Vesuvius is part of the Apennine mountain system. Its height reaches 1280 m, and the diameter of the crater is about 750 m.
People who live near the volcano, moveaway from it do not hurry: the volcanic soil is very fertile, on these lands a rich harvest is collected. However, the danger is still great - a cycle of eruptions can be traced. There are more than eighty large-scale eruptions that destroyed many cities, including the famous Pompeii, Herculaneum, Oplontis and Stabia. The last release of lava occurred in March 1944.
In Italy there are two more active volcanoes - Etna and Stromboli.
About locations of other interesting geographical objects you can find out from the articles of our section Location.
