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Mount Vesuvius (Italian: Monte Vesuvio, also Somma-Vesuvius or Somma-Vesuvio, Latin: Mons Vesuvius) is a volcano east of Naples, Italy, located at 40°49′N 14°26′E. It is the only volcano on the European mainland to have erupted within the last hundred years, although it is not currently erupting. The only other two such volcanoes in Italy are located on islands.
Vesuvius is situated on the coast of the Bay of Naples, about nine kilometres (six miles) to the east of the city and a short distance inland from the shore. It forms a conspicuous feature in the beautiful landscape presented by that bay, when viewed from the sea, with the city in the foreground. The mountain is notorious for its destruction of the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum in 79 CE. It has erupted many times since and is today regarded as one of the most dangerous volcanoes in the world because of the population of 3,000,000[people now living close to it coupled with its tendency towards explosive eruptions.