Vesuvius Observatory

Location Naples

The Vesuvius Observatory is the surveillance centre for monitoring the three volcanic areas of Campania, Italy: Mount Vesuvius, the… Read more…

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The Vesuvius Observatory is the surveillance centre for monitoring the three volcanic areas of Campania, Italy: Mount Vesuvius, the Phlegrean Fields and Ischia. Founded in 1841 on the slopes of Mount Vesuvius by Ferdinand II of Bourbon, King of the Two Sicilies, it is the oldest volcanology institute in the world. Its current operative center is based in Naples, hosting an important section of the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology.

Source: Wikipedia

More information and contact

Official website www.ov.ingv.it/ov/

Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vesuvius_Observatory

Email info@ov.ingv.it

Phone +390816108560

Address Colle Umberto, Contrada Osservatorio, 19, 80056 Ercolano NA, Italy

Coordinates 40°49'10.999" N, 14°10'57" E

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