Monte Vulture

Coordinates: 40°56′54″N 15°38′08″E / 40.94833°N 15.63556°E / 40.94833; 15.63556
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Mount Vulture
Highest point
Elevation1,326 m (4,350 ft)
Prominence696 m (2,283 ft) Edit this on Wikidata
Coordinates40°56′54″N 15°38′08″E / 40.94833°N 15.63556°E / 40.94833; 15.63556
Geography
LocationBasilicata, Italy
Geology
Last eruption40,000 years ago

Mount Vulture (Italian:

extinct volcano located 56 km (35 mi) north of the city Potenza in the Basilicata region (Italy). As a prominent landmark it gave its name to the Vulture region, the most significant viticultural zone in Basilicata growing the DOC wine Aglianico del Vulture
.

With a height of 1,326 m (4,350 ft), it is unique amongst large Italian volcanoes due to its location east of the Apennine mountain range.[citation needed] At the summit is a caldera, known as Valle dei Grigi, whose precise origins are disputed.

Volcanic history

The earliest eruptions of the volcano occurred around one million years ago, explosive activity producing

1792 eruption of Mount Unzen
.

The most recent phase involved further lava flows and the growth of lava domes in the Valle dei Grigi, including the formation of two calderas. The most recent activity is thought to have been phreatomagmatic explosions around 40 ka ago which produced maars and small cold surges (pyroclastic surges cooler than 100 °C).

See also

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Monte Vulture.
  • "Mount Vulture volcano, Italy." Italy's Volcanoes: The Cradle of Volcanology, website by Boris Behncke
  • "Monte Vulture". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2021-06-26.

Further reading

  • Crisci G, de Fino M, La Volpe L & Rapisardi L (1983) Pleistocene ignimbrites of Monte Vulture (Basilicata, Southern Italy). Neues Jahrbuch füer Geologie und Paläontologie Monatshefte 12: 731–746.
  • Guest JE, Duncan AM & Chester DK (1988) Monte Vulture Volcano (Basilicata, Italy): an analysis of morphology and volcaniclastic facies. Bulletin of Volcanology 50: 244–257.
  • La Volpe L, Patella D, Rapisardi L & Tramacere A (1984) The evolution of the Monte Vulture volcano (Southern Italy): inferences from volcanological, geological and deep dipole electrical soundings data. Journal of Volcanology a Geothermal Research 22: 147–162.
  • La Volpe L & Principe C (1991) Comments on Guest et al. (1988) and Reply by Guest et al.. Bulletin of Volcanology 53: 222–229.



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