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Mount Barbaro Mount Gauro
NASA Space Shuttle photo of Campi Flegrei, showing Mount Gauro/BarbaroElevation 331 m (1,086 ft) [1] Location Province of Naples, Italy Coordinates 40°49′37″N 14°08′20″E / 40.827°N 14.139°ECoordinates: 40°49′37″N 14°08′20″E / 40.827°N 14.139°E[1] Geology Type Tuff cone [1] Volcanic arc/belt Campanian volcanic arc Mount Barbaro or Mount Gauro in Italy Monte Barbaro or Monte Gauro, is one of the eruptive vents of the Phlegraean Fields, a volcanoic field of Italy located in Campania.
Geography
Mount Barbaro is a yuff cone[1] containing zeolite.[2] Its structure consists of layers of ash either parallel or overlapping them, including lenticular masses of pumice[2] agglomerated. The tuff cone was built on unknown and covered by a paleosol represented mainly by deposits of the Archiaverno, another tuff cone located to the west.[2]
The crater, oval, is fused to another unnamed crater west.[2] Its rim is the highest in the south and rises to 331 metres (1,086 ft).[1]
History
The date of the volcanic eruption that formed the Mount Barbaro is unknown but it was manifested by phreatomagmatic eruption.[2]
The Battle of Mount Gaurus was fought in 342 BC at the foot of the mountain during First Samnite War. The ancient Romans, led by Marcus Valerius Corvus, defeated the Samnites.
References
- ^ a b c d e "Campi Flegrei". Global Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution. http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/volcano.cfm?vnum=0101-01=&volpage=synsub.
- ^ a b c d e "Gauro". Vesuvius Observatory. http://www.ov.ingv.it/volcanology/flegrei/centri/gauro.htm. Retrieved 13 October 2010.
Categories:- Campanian volcanic arc
- Geography of Naples
- Mountains of Campania
- Volcanoes of Italy
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