Mount Vesuvius

Mount Vesuvius is the only active volcano in the Gulf of Italy, Naples. Vesuvius was formed because of the two tectonic plates, the African, and the Eurasian plates. The way we learned about the eruption of 79AD was because of Pliny the Younger. The ground around Vesuvius was made a national park on June 5, 1955. Around 16,000 people were said to have died after it was all over. The last eruption of Mount Vesuvius was in 1944. On March 18, 1944 Mount Vesuvius erupted for 2 weeks long. The last time that Mount Vesuvius erupted was in 1944. Vesuvius was estimated to have erupted over 50 times since it first formed. It is estimated to be around 17,000-30,000 years old. The longer that the mountain stays dormant the more violent the eruption will
happen. Mount Vesuvius is what was left over of an old volcano that was called Mt. Somma.