Current summit elevation1,281 m
64Windmill heights
85,400Blueberry diameters
1,281Minecraft blocks
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Mount Vesuvius
The volcano that buried Pompeii/Volcanoes
Vesuvius looms over the Bay of Naples and is one of the most dangerous volcanoes on Earth, with about three million people living in its shadow. Its catastrophic eruption in 79 AD buried the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum under meters of ash and pumice, preserving them as time capsules. It has erupted more than 30 times since, most recently in 1944.
Measurements
Crater diameter600 m
60Fire engine lengths
1,154Human forearms
431 billionthsSun diameters
The main summit crater
Eruption temperature (magma)1,373 K
4.39Hot baths
4.8Wine cellars
About 1100 degrees C
Crater depth300 m
164Step ladder heights
37,500Lego studs
79 AD ash column height33,000 m
36,105Window widths
108,197Subway Footlongs
6,600SUV lengths
The Plinian eruption column reached over 30 km
79 AD eruption thermal energy1 quintillion J
1.7 thousandthsWorld energy years
15,873Hiroshima blasts
120 billionDaily food intakes
Estimated total thermal energy of the 79 AD eruption