Volcanic Research

Choose a Volcano

Mount Vesuvius

Where is it?

Italy, Campania

What's special about it?

When it erupted over the city of Pompeii.  It left the victims in the same state that they were unfortunately killed as.  So it is preserved over the years and can now be seen clearly.  This frozen in time monument is very famous and well-known for the prestigious condition that they are in.  Scientists are able to date back more than three thousand years ago to when this sad incident happened.

When did it erupt? What was the damage?

24, 79 CE.  It ended a whole city.