Mount Somma is a mountain located in province of Naples

Province of Naples

The Province of Naples is a province in the Campania region of Italy. Its capital city is Naples, within the province there are 92 Comuni of the Province of Naples.-Demographics:...

, in the Campania

Campania

Campania is a region in southern Italy. The region has a population of around 5.8 million people, making it the second-most-populous region of Italy; its total area of 13,590 km² makes it the most densely populated region in the country...

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It is an integral part of the volcanic complex "Somma-Vesuvius." Its 1132 m.

Geography

Mount Somma is the remnant of a large volcano, out of which Mount Vesuvius

Mount Vesuvius

Mount Vesuvius is a stratovolcano in the Gulf of Naples, Italy, about east of Naples and a short distance from the shore. It is the only volcano on the European mainland to have erupted within the last hundred years, although it is not currently erupting...

 has grown. Cureently, Mount Somma appears to be spread in a semicircle around the north side and north-east of Vesuvius. Vesuvius's formation began in the collapsed caldera

Caldera

A caldera is a cauldron-like volcanic feature usually formed by the collapse of land following a volcanic eruption, such as the one at Yellowstone National Park in the US. They are sometimes confused with volcanic craters...

 of Mount Somma.

Continuing to the east, encounter the first ridges:

• the "Cognoli di Trocchia" (961 m)
• the "Cognoli di Sant'Anastasia" (1.086 m)
• the "Punta del Nasone (Tip of the nose)" (1.132 m)
• the "Cognoli di Ottaviano" (1.112 m)

Punta del Nasone

A feature of the Mount Somma is its highest point, which reaches 1,132 meters, called "Punta del Nasone," because of the similarity with a nose covered in the profile of a face lying along the top of the mountain. This similarity can be seen by looking the Mount Somma from the peak of Vesuvius.

Lava flows of 1944

Spectacular lava flow that interrupted the outline of the mountain down to the town of San Sebastiano al Vesuvio

San Sebastiano al Vesuvio

San Sebastiano al Vesuvio is a comune in the province of Naples, located on the western slopes of Mount Vesuvius. Its elevation means that it is often a few degrees cooler than the neighbouring metropolis of Naples....

. A fascinating hiking trail (No. 9 in the numbering of the Vesuvius National Park) allows to cross the entire large cast almost 200 meters.

The Olivella

The Olivella is a place more than 400 m on the north, in the territory of the municipality of Sant'Anastasia

Sant'Anastasia

Sant'Anastasia is a comune in the Province of Naples in the Italian region Campania, located about 13 km northeast of Naples....

. It looks like a natural amphitheater on top of which is located above the outlet Olivella source, a short distance to the outlet is higher than the outlet of the source surmounted by a stone arch that was part of the aqueduct at the time wanted Ferdinando of Bourbon to get the water to Naples

Naples

Naples is a city in Southern Italy, situated on the country's west coast by the Gulf of Naples. Lying between two notable volcanic regions, Mount Vesuvius and the Phlegraean Fields, it is the capital of the region of Campania and of the province of Naples...

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History

The first evidence of volcanic activity in this area date back about 400,000 years ago, but the first major eruptive phenomenon of some significance occurred about 25,000 years ago: its the eruption of pumice base, when the top of the Somma volcano collapsed forming a caldera going, in which he later formed the Vesuvius. Today the caldera is only the northern side, which is the Mount Somma.