<P> Mount Vesuvius ( / vɪˈsuːviəs / ; Italian : Monte Vesuvio ( ˈmonte veˈzuːvjo ) ; Neapolitan : Vesuvio ; Latin : Mons Vesuvius ( mõːs wɛˈsʊwɪ. ʊs ) ; also Vesevus or Vesaevus in some Roman sources ) is a somma - stratovolcano located on the Gulf of Naples in Campania , Italy , about 9 km ( 5.6 mi ) east of Naples and a short distance from the shore . It is one of several volcanoes which form the Campanian volcanic arc . Vesuvius consists of a large cone partially encircled by the steep rim of a summit caldera caused by the collapse of an earlier and originally much higher structure . </P>
<P> Mount Vesuvius ( / vɪˈsuːviəs / ; Italian : Monte Vesuvio ( ˈmonte veˈzuːvjo ) ; Neapolitan : Vesuvio ; Latin : Mons Vesuvius ( mõːs wɛˈsʊwɪ. ʊs ) ; also Vesevus or Vesaevus in some Roman sources ) is a somma - stratovolcano located on the Gulf of Naples in Campania , Italy , about 9 km ( 5.6 mi ) east of Naples and a short distance from the shore . It is one of several volcanoes which form the Campanian volcanic arc . Vesuvius consists of a large cone partially encircled by the steep rim of a summit caldera caused by the collapse of an earlier and originally much higher structure . </P>
where is mt . vesuvius located on a map
where is mt . vesuvius located on a map
on the Gulf of Naples in Campania , Italy , about 9 km ( 5.6 mi ) east of Naples and a short distance from the shore
on the Gulf of Naples in Campania , Italy , about 9 km ( 5.6 mi ) east of Naples and a short distance from the shore