- Mount Vesuvius actually has two craters, one which was the original crater and another crater created when the top of the mountain caved in during a previous eruption.
- Mount Vesuvius erupted six times in the 18th century, eight times in the 19th century and in 1906, 1929 and 1944. There has been no eruption since 1944!!!
- The shape of Mount Vesuvius is a stratovolcano. This means that it is a tall conical volcano composed of layers (or strata) of hardened lava, tephra and ash. Lava is magma that has exited the Earth's crust.
- There are four types of eruptions or in other words lava flow for MT. Vesuvius. The four types are Plinian, Sub-Plinian, Strombolian and Vulcanian, Strombolian to Hawaiian Style.
- What caused Mt. Vesuvius to erupt was the result of subduction zone.
- The last eruption was on April 4, 1944.
- The geographic location of Mt. Vesuvius is a continent and was formed on a convergent boundary.
- Mount Vesuvius is surrounded by the African and Eurasian Plate.
- It is an active volcano.
- The elevation of Mount Vesuvius is 4,203
- Mount Vesuvius destroyed more than half of Pompeii in its eruption.
- Mount Vesuvius eruptions go on for about a day.
- Mount Vesuvius is part of the Campanian Volcanic Arc, which is like an island arc.
- Vents in Mount Vesuvius release gasses into the air.
- Mount Vesuvius gives out a Pyroclasic flow.
- Like all other volcanoes, Mount Vesuvius has a volcanic pipe which magma passes through and soon becomes filled with solidified magma.
- The amount of Silica in Mount Vesuvius helped determine its magma type.