1. A volcano in southwestern Italy on the Mediterranean coast; a Plinian eruption in 79 AD buried Pompeii and killed Pliny the Elder; last erupted in 1944
   - Mount Vesuvius, Mt. Vesuvius

Type of: volcano

Part of: Italia, Italian Republic, Italy

Encyclopedia: Vesuvius

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