Monte Nuovo

Monte Nuovo is a cinder cone volcano within the Campi Flegrei caldera, near , southern . 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.
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  • Volcano rising to 458 metres (1,503 feet)
  • Description: mountain

Places of Interest

Highlights include Lake Avernus and Lucrinus Lacus.
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Lake
or Lucrine Lake is a lake in , southern Italy.
Denghiù, Public domain.
Archaeological site
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Baiae and Cumae.
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Village
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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
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Satellite Map

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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”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

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