Mount Vesuvius
active stratovolcano in the Gulf of Naples, Italy
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Summary
Mount Vesuvius is a Volcano[1]. It ranks in the top 0.78% of volcano entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (34,462 views/month, #2 of 256).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Metropolitan City of Naples[3]
- Country: Italy[4]
- Instance of: stratovolcano[5], mountain[6]
- Made from material: tephrite[7]
- Commons category: Mount Vesuvius[8]
- Significant event: eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79[9], eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 1861[10], volcanic eruption[11], Vesuvius eruption of 1906[12], eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 1944[13]
- Topic's main category: Category:Mount Vesuvius[14]
- Commons gallery: Vesuvio[15]
- Described by source: Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[16], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[17], Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[18], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[19], Vesuvius[20], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[21], Cesta do Itálie[22], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[23], Meyer’s Universum, Zweiter Band[24]
- Category for people who died here: Q32664862[25]
- Has characteristic: tourist attraction[26]
- Native label: Vesuvio[27], Monte Vesuvio[28]
- Category of associated people: Q32664869[29]
- Elevation above sea level: 1281 m[30], 1297 m[31]
- Topographic prominence: 1232 m[32]
- Located in protected area: Vesuvius National Park[33]
- Volcano observatory: Vesuvius Observatory[34]
- Mountain range: Somma-Vesuvius complex[35]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[36]
- Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Volcanoes[37], WikiProject Mountains[38], WikiProject Geology[39], WikiProject Italy[40], WikiProject Kingdom of Naples[41]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Mount Vesuvius include vesuvianite[42], a mineral species[43] and 13897 Vesuvius[44], an asteroid[45].
Why It Matters
Mount Vesuvius has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[46] It is known by 45 alternative names across languages and contexts.[47]
Entities named for it include vesuvianite[42], a mineral species[43] and 13897 Vesuvius[44], an asteroid[45].