Monte Nuovo
Monte Nuovo is a cinder cone volcano within the Campi Flegrei caldera, near Naples, southern Italy. A series of damaging earthquakes and changes in land elevation preceded its only eruption, during the most recent part of the Holocene, which lasted from September 29 to October 6, 1538, when it was formed.- Volcano rising to 458 metres (1,503 feet)
- Description: mountain
Places of Interest
Highlights include Lake Avernus and Lucrinus Lacus.
Lucrinus Lacus
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Places in the Area
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Monte Nuovo
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Latitude
40.83503° or 40° 50′ 6″ north
Longitude
14.08759° or 14° 5′ 15″ east
Open location code
8FGPR3PQ+22
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=volcano
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Monte Nuovo” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مونتي نوفو”
- Cebuano: “Monte Nuovo (bolkan)”
- Cebuano: “Monte Nuovo”
- Dutch: “Monte Nuova”
- Dutch: “Monte Nuovo”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل مونت نوڤو”
- Finnish: “Monte Nuovo”
- French: “Éruption du Monte Nuovo en 1538”
- French: “Monte Nuovo”
- French: “Tripergole”
- German: “Monte Nuovo”
- Hungarian: “Monte Nuovo”
- Italian: “Monte Nuovo”
- Japanese: “モンテ・ヌオーヴォ”
- Ladin: “Monte Nuovo”
- Neapolitan: “Monte Nuovo”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Monte Nuovo”
- Persian: “مونت نووو”
- Spanish: “Monte Nuovo”
- Ukrainian: “Монте-Нуово”
- Venetian: “Monte Nuovo”
- Welsh: “Monte Nuovo”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Lucrino and Arco Felice.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Monte Nuovo and Geosito Monte Nuovo.
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