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Volcano · Italy

Vesuvius

Elevation
1,281 m
#12,181
in the world
#565
in Italy
1,232 m
prominence

Vesuvius is a volcano in Italy, rising to 1,281 m, the 565th highest in Italy.

Elevation
1,281 m
Surveyed elevation, GeoNames
Prominence
1,232 m
Height above its key col
World rank
#12,181
of 14,627 listed

Where it is

Vesuvius

Vesuvius lies in Italy, in Campania.

Key facts

Elevation
1,281 m
Surveyed elevation, GeoNames
Prominence
1,232 m
Type
Volcano
Region
Campania
Coordinates
40.823, 14.429

How it ranks

Among peaks in Italy
#565of 602
LargestSmallest
Among all listed peaks
#12,181of 14,627
LargestSmallest

Nearest peaks

PeakElevationDistance
Monte Somma1,131 m1.7 km
Monte Vergine1,099 m28 km
Monte Accellica1,660 m49 km
Monti Picentini1,809 m49 km
Monte Raione1,236 m56 km
Monte Cervialto1,808 m59 km

Nearest cities

The closest places in our city dataset to Vesuvius.

CityCountryPopulationDistance
OttavianoItaly23,3965.3 km
Sant'AnastasiaItaly20,7335.6 km
Somma VesuvianaItaly32,4845.7 km
TerzignoItaly17,1385.8 km
Torre del GrecoItaly85,3326.3 km

Explore

Elevation and coordinates from GeoNames; prominence, isolation, range and first-ascent data from Wikidata. GeoNames publishes no date for elevation figures, so none is shown.