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Vesuvius
Vesuvius is a 1,281 m stratovolcano in Italy, last erupted in 1944.
- Type
- Stratovolcano (composite landform)
- Summit
- 1,281 m above sea level
- Rock
- Phono-tephrite / Tephri-phonolite
- Setting
- Subduction zone, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 1944
- Largest known
- VEI 5, paroxysmal, 1631
- Eruptions
- 54 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 40.82°N 14.43°E · Italy
- Region
- Italian Peninsula Volcanic Provinces, European Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 211020
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).