Mount Vesuvius

Summary

Mount Vesuvius is a Volcano^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.78% of volcano entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (21,052 views/month, #2 of 256).^[2]

Key Facts

• Mount Vesuvius is located in Metropolitan City of Naples^[3].
• Mount Vesuvius is in the country of Italy^[4].
• Mount Vesuvius's instance of is recorded as Volcano^[5].
• Mount Vesuvius's instance of is recorded as stratovolcano^[6].
• Mount Vesuvius's instance of is recorded as tourist attraction^[7].
• Mount Vesuvius's instance of is recorded as mountain^[8].
• Mount Vesuvius is made of tephrite^[9].
• Mount Vesuvius's Commons category is recorded as Mount Vesuvius^[10].
• Mount Vesuvius's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 40.82261, 'lon': 14.42919}^[11].
• Mount Vesuvius's significant event is recorded as eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79^[12].
• Mount Vesuvius's significant event is recorded as eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 1861^[13].
• Mount Vesuvius's significant event is recorded as volcanic eruption^[14].
• Mount Vesuvius's significant event is recorded as Vesuvius eruption of 1906^[15].
• Mount Vesuvius's significant event is recorded as eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 1944^[16].
• Mount Vesuvius's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Mount Vesuvius^[17].
• Mount Vesuvius's Commons gallery is recorded as Vesuvio^[18].
• Mount Vesuvius's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[19].
• Mount Vesuvius's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[20].
• Mount Vesuvius's described by source is recorded as Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon^[21].
• Mount Vesuvius's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[22].
• Mount Vesuvius's described by source is recorded as Vesuvius^[23].
• Mount Vesuvius's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[24].
• Mount Vesuvius's described by source is recorded as Q19524027^[25].
• Mount Vesuvius's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[26].
• Mount Vesuvius's described by source is recorded as Meyer’s Universum, Zweiter Band^[27].

Body

Geography

Mount Vesuvius is in the country of Italy^[4]. It is located in Metropolitan City of Naples^[3].

Physical Characteristics

Elevations include {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+1281'}^[28] and {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+1297'}^[29].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include Volcano^[5], stratovolcano^[6], tourist attraction^[7], and mountain^[8].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Mount Vesuvius include vesuvianite^[30], a mineral species^[31] and 13897 Vesuvius^[32], an asteroid^[33].

Why It Matters

Mount Vesuvius ranks in the top 0.78% of volcano entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (21,052 views/month, #2 of 256).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[34] It is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[35]

Entities named for it include vesuvianite^[30], a mineral species^[31] and 13897 Vesuvius^[32], an asteroid^[33].