Facts
-Height- 1277 meters (4190 feet)
-Base - 48 kilometers (30 miles)
-Location - Southern Italy near Naples
-Age - 17,000 years old
-Eruptions - Over 50 (Most Famous in 79 A.D.)
-Only active volcano on the Euorpean mainland
-Oven 2,000,000 people live in the shadows of Mt. Vesuvius and could be in danger, scientists don't know the next time Vesuvius will erupt
A big THANKS to http://www.angelfire.com/mi/penny101/info.html for the information
^that article written by Mike Buczek
Friday, May 2, 2008
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