Mount Vesuvius?
I'm 12
and doing a project in geography on Mount Vesuvius!
I need to know how Mount Vesuvius and Mount Etna are connected. And what have they got to do with Pompei?
Any extra info would be great!
Please don't give me any links cos i can't stand the sites. They don't speak English 2 me.
Thank you!
10 points goes to the person with the best info and the person who speaks ENGLISH!
2006-12-10 06:28:28 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Other - Entertainment
Vesuvius, the only active volcano on the European continent. The name, Vesuvius or Vesbius means 'unextinguished'. People still choose to settle near Vesuvius as well as around Mt. Etna in Sicily because the volcanic ash provides rich soil suitable for producing excellent wine grapes. The wine produced from the grapes around Vesuvius today is called 'Lacrima Christi'. People feel secure because tranquil times can last up to 2000 years.( About due??)
However, as long as the volcano is active, they are living atop a live bomb. Today there are over 2 million people living in the vicinity of Mount Vesuvius.
Vesuvius has erupted repeatedly in recorded history, most famously in 79, and more than 50 times since, subsequently and significantly in 472, 512, in 1631, six times in the 18th century, eight times in the 19th century, (notably in 1872), and in 1906, 1929, and 1944.
It is today regarded as one of the most dangerous volcanoes in the world.
Incredibly, Vesuvius may not even pose the biggest threat to the region. For in reality, the landscape surrounding Naples and its bay is pockmarked by scores of volcanoes in an area known as the Phlegraean Fields.
Known during the Roman era as the gateway to the underworld and believed to be the inspiration for Dante's "Inferno," the Phlegraean Fields is composed of 40 small volcanoes clustered in the midst of a massive, eight-mile-wide caldera formed by the eruption of a massive volcano 34,000 years ago.
Mount Etna (or Aetna, and known locally as Mongibello) is an active volcano on the east coast of Sicily (Italian Sicilia), close to Messina and Catania. It is the largest volcano in Europe, standing about 3,320 m (10,900 ft) high with a basal circumference of 140 km, making it the highest mountain in Italy south of the Alps.
Etna covers an area of 460 square miles (1190 km²). It is by far the largest of the four active volcanos in Italy, being nearly three times the height of the next largest, Mount Vesuvius. It is one of the most active volcanoes in the world and is in an almost constant state of eruption. Although it can occasionally be very destructive, it is not generally regarded as being particularly dangerous.
Etna is known to have erupted over sixty times in recorded history. Only vague records of Etna's ancient eruptions survive. The earliest recorded eruption was that of about 475 BC.
2006-12-10 06:37:04 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Mount Vesuvius erupted and smothered the city of Pompei in debris, so some people died...not so sure about Mount Etna. sorry, that's all i got
2006-12-10 06:30:56 · answer #2 · answered by metronome 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All i know is that Mt. Vesuvius the the volcano that destroyed Pompeii via overlaying it with ash. they discovered solid like molding of people who the place buried in ash some weird and wonderful years in the past. Im unsure approximately Mt. Etna i've got faith it destroyed another city too, yet unsure on that one. wish this helps
2016-12-11 06:20:55 · answer #3 · answered by jeniffer 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Damn... I wish that the Internet was around when I was in school so I wouldn't have to do my homework too!!!
hit the books kid... you may learn something!!!
2006-12-10 06:38:31 · answer #4 · answered by teapreacher 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
both are volcanoes that erupted and killed ppl
2006-12-10 08:14:10 · answer #5 · answered by red_star_56 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do your own homework kid
2006-12-10 06:31:59 · answer #6 · answered by Ava Mars 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋