Mountains and Volcanoes of the World

In addition to Ischia and Capri, the most famous geological objects in the vicinity of Naples are Flegreyskie fields, and their center-of Pozzuoli, a typical yuzhnoitalyansky port town. Landscape, they are often likened to the moon, but "on - the moon" Flegreyskie fields with their dozens of low-truncated volcanic cones appear only on a stylized relief map. In contrast to the large stratovolcano of Mount Vesuvius volcanic forces sprayed here to set short-term operating centers of eruption (formerly existed here as one big volcano tuff "right" - Flegrei. "The last vestiges of which is upland Camaldoli). Tuffs Flegreyskih Fields used as a valuable building material, and an excellent cement (putstsolap). Read the rest of this entry »