| LC control no. | sh 85142963 |
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| Geographic heading | Vesuvius (Italy) |
| Geographic subdivision usage | Italy--Vesuvius |
| Variant(s) | Mons Vesuvius (Italy) Monte Vesuvio (Italy) Mount Vesuvius (Italy) Vesuvio (Italy) |
| See also | Mountains--Italy Volcanoes--Italy |
| Found in | GeoNames [algorithmically matched] (summit; 40°49ʹ23ʺN 014°25ʹ43ʺE) Wikipedia, Oct. 11, 2012 (Mount Vesuvius (Italian: Monte Vesuvio, Latin: Mons Vesuvius) is a stratovolcano in the Gulf of Naples, Italy, about 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) east of Naples and a short distance from the shore. It is the only volcano on the European mainland to have erupted within the last hundred years; 40°49ʹN 14°26ʹE) GEOnet, Oct. 11, 2012 (Vesuvius (Conventional), Vesuvio (Approved); Italy; Campania; 40°49ʹ00ʺN 014°26ʹ00ʺE; mountain) Getty thesaurus of geographic names, via WWW, Oct. 11, 2012 (Vesuvius (volcano); names: Vesuvio (preferred); Vesuvius (English preferred); Mount Vesuvius; Vesuvius, Mount; Le Vésuve; Vesubio; Vesuv; place types: volcano (preferred), mountain; Volcano to E of Bay of Naples; cone half encircled to N by Monte Somma, part of the wall of a large crater; eruptions have often damaged nearby inhabited places, the most famous being that of August, 79 AD when Pompeii & Herculaneum were destroyed. Coordinates: Lat: 40 49 00 N degrees minutes Lat: 40.8167 decimal degrees Long: 014 26 00 E degrees minutes Long: 14.4333 decimal degrees) |
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