How do you compare and contrast mount saint helens and Mount Vesuvius?

Answer 1

Similarities: They are both volcanoes, they are both stratovolcanoes, they both killed people, they both erupted, they both made huge ash clouds, they both made tremors, both had magma with high viscosity

Answer 2

Located in different locations ( Helens: Washington), (Vesuvius: Pompeii, Italy

Vesuvius killed 15000 to 20000 people while Helens killed 57.

Helens destroyed itself; Vesuvius didn't.

They have different height. Helens: 8365 ft, Vesuvius: 1281 m

Answer 3

Mt. Vesuvius and Mt. St. Helens actually have many similarities. They are essentially the same type of volcano, although there is a slight difference in classification. The major difference between the two is that Vesuvius is considered a Soma volcano as it is built within the major collapse caldera of an ancient larger mountain than Vesuvius. Otherwise these volcanoes have similar explosive eruptive histories, and have very similar chemical make ups within their magma chamber.

Answer 4

The area around Vesuvius (near Naples, Italy) is still highly populated, while the area around Mount St. Helens (formerly a mountainous forest) has even fewer people than before the 1980 eruption. Most of the area is now a National Preserve.

Mount Vesuvius first erupted in historical time on August 24, 79 AD, and continues to erupt less violently, most recently in 1944. Mount St. Helens has had several spectacular eruptions in recorded history, first in 1480-82, then 1800 and 1842-47, prior to the cataclysmic one in 1980.

Answer 5

Both the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens and the 79 AD eruption of Mount Vesuvius were highly explosive Plinian eruptions, the most violent type. Such eruptions produce tall ash clouds and large pyroclastic flows.

Answer 6

Both Mount Saint Helens and Mount Vesuvius are active stratovolcanoes known for historic eruptions. Mount Saint Helens is located in Washington, USA, and its most recent major eruption occurred in 1980, resulting in significant damage. Mount Vesuvius is located in Italy and famously destroyed the ancient city of Pompeii in AD 79. While both volcanoes have had devastating impacts on their surroundings, Mount Saint Helens is taller and more symmetrical in shape compared to the iconic, cone-shaped Mount Vesuvius.

Answer 7

both at subduction zones, both have felsic eruptions, both ave high viscosity (magma thickness) both have high gas content, both have a lot of tephra

Answer 8

Mount Etna had a bigger eruption than Vesuvius because Etna is a larger volcano

Answer 9

they are both volcanoes, they are both mountains, they both have mount, they have both erupted