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Mount Vesuvius is located above a subduction zone formed where the African plate descends beneath Italy.

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What plates caused mount vesuvius to form?

the african and european


When did vesuvius form?

mount vesuvius formed in 1200 B.C


How does mount vesuvius relate to tectonic plates?

Mount Vesuvius is the result of a subduction zone, where one tectonic plate slides under another. In this case the portion of the African Plate that is under the Mediterranean is sliding under the Eurasian Plate. This generates magma tha allows volcanoes to form.


What boundary did Mount Vesuvious form from?

The type of plate boundary the Vesuvius is located on it a subduction zone in latitude 40.9n and 14e. It lies on the convergant boundry of the African and Euasian plates.


How long ago did mount visuvius form?

Mount Vesuvius formed approximately 25,000 years ago.


What plates caused Mount Shasta form?

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Did Mount Vesuvius form in a caldera?

No, Mount Vesuvius is a composite volcano and its latest eruption was in 1944. Some sources say that in that eruption, Mt. Vesuvius collapsed in a caldera, but it didn't. FYI: A caldera is a volcano that had an extremely explosive eruption that emptied the magma chamber, causing the volcano to collapse in on itself. An example of a caldera is Crater Lake in Oregon.


In what year did Mt Vesuvius suddenly erupt?

The last time Mount Vesuvius erupted was 1944. It's best known eruption was in AD 79, at which time it destroyed the Roman city of Pompeii. There were warnings in the form of earthquakes, but the people nearby didn't recognize that they were in fact warning signs of an impending eruption.


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Is Mount Vesuvius near a hot spot divergent or convergent plate boundary?

Vesuvius is associated with a convergent boundary between the African Plate and the Eurasian Plate.


What plates form Mount Helka?

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