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-Mount Vesuvius is one of the most dangerous volcanoes in the world.

-17,000 years old

-Is actually 2 volcanoes, Vesuvius and Somma

-Vesuvius erupts rocks called andesite which causes eruptions to be explosive and very dangerous and unpredictable

- The eruption in 472 was said to spew ash that ended up as far away as Istanbul.

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The volcanic eruption that destroyed Pompeii in A.D. 79 was important because it literally stopped time in Pompeii forever by casting and preserving the city underneath its ash.

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The city was covered in ash so quickly that the site is well preserved and stuck in time with casts of its victims still standing.

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Mount Vesuvius has erupted many times in the past but the most destructive eruption was in A.D. 79 and it destroyed the city of Pompeii. .

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In March 1944 Mount Vesuvius destroyed nearby villages, 78-88 WW11 aircrafts, and killed 28 people.

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Active

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4,203 feet

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40.8224° N, 14.4289° E

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Gulf of Naples in Campania, Italy