Vesuvius M.
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: N. Purcell Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: N. Purcell Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
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Dec 10, 2021 06:02 PM
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History
A stratovolcano located in the Gulf of Naples, Vesuvius stands to an elevation of 1,281 m (4,203 ft). It is notable in historical terms for its eruption of AD 79 in which numerous settlements, including Pompeii and Herculaneum, were destroyed.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/433189
40.8228645, 14.4280779
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Mount Vesuvius (modern)
- DARE Location (unspecified date range)
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- Monte Vesuvio (Italian, modern)
- Mount Vesuvius (English, modern)
- Οὐεσούϊος (Ouesouvios: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Vesuvius mons (Vesuvius M.: Latin, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Vesuvius M. bounds Campi Phlegraei (550 BC - 30 BC)
- Puteolanus Sinus/Crater connection Vesuvius M. (unspecified date range)
mountain, volcano
- Evidence:
- See Further:
- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 44 F4 Vesuvius M.
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Monte Vesuvio
N. Purcell, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Vesuvius M.: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2021 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/433189> [accessed: 18 May 2022]
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