What kind of volcano is vesuvius?
Vesuvius is a complex volcano east of Naples in Italy. Vesuvius is also the only volcano in the European mainland having a distinction of erupting in the last hundred years. A complex volcano is one with an extensive number of major and minor centres that are related genetically, temporally and spatially. Each of these centres also has their respective pyroclastic and lava flows. The rocks at Mt Vesuvius are called tephrite, basaltic in character and containing minerals such as augite, leucite, nepheline, and plagioclase. Vesuvius is called a humpbacked mountain having a large cone shaped structure encircled by a steep rim caused by the collapse of a higher structure in an earlier eruption. Since this volcanic mountain has a distinctive structure of a summit caldera surrounding a later formed cone shaped structure, it is often called Somma-Vesuvius. The Vesuvius of today is an attractive site for visitors with the area around it being declared as a National Park by the authorities in t
