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<p> A flattened conical mountain, 4161 ft. in height, and an active volcano on the Bay of Naples, 10 m. SE. of the city; it was by eruption of it that the two cities of [[Herculaneum]] and [[Pompeii]] were overwhelmed in 79 A.D.; its crater is half a mile in diameter, and has a depth of 350 ft.; there are some 60 eruptions on record, the latest being in 1891. </p> | <p> A flattened conical mountain, 4161 ft. in height, and an active volcano on the Bay of Naples, 10 m. SE. of the city; it was by eruption of it that the two cities of [[Herculaneum]] and [[Pompeii]] were overwhelmed in 79 A.D.; its crater is half a mile in diameter, and has a depth of 350 ft.; there are some 60 eruptions on record, the latest being in 1891. </p> | ||
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<ref name="term_81141"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/vesuvius Vesuvius from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_81141"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/vesuvius Vesuvius from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 19:07, 15 October 2021
Vesuvius [1]
A flattened conical mountain, 4161 ft. in height, and an active volcano on the Bay of Naples, 10 m. SE. of the city; it was by eruption of it that the two cities of Herculaneum and Pompeii were overwhelmed in 79 A.D.; its crater is half a mile in diameter, and has a depth of 350 ft.; there are some 60 eruptions on record, the latest being in 1891.
