Mount Vesuvius

Mount Vesuvius

LOCATION WORLD MAP

VOLCANO BASICSLocation:West coast of ItalyType of Cone:CompositeElevation:4,203'Nearest City:Pompeii Current Life Stage:ActiveHow Formed:convergence of two tectonic plates

WATCH it ERUPT!

ERUPTIONSMost Recent:1944Type of Eruption:explosive

HISTORYfirst erupted in 79A.D.erupted during world war 2 in 1944

3 INTERESTING FACTSStands 4190 feet tallit consists of a volcanic cone called Gran Conohas at least erupted at least 200 times

VOLCANO PHOTO

TYPE OF CONE PHOTO

YOUR NAMES:Roger YangAlex Alvarado