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1198 [ 1 ] Solfatara (Italian: Solfatara di Pozzuoli) is a shallow volcanic crater at Pozzuoli, near Naples, part of the Phlegraean Fields (Italian: Campi Flegrei) volcanic area. It is a dormant volcano, which still emits jets of steam with sulfurous fumes. The name comes from the Latin, Sulpha terra, "land of sulfur ", or "sulfur earth".
Solfatara Solfatara is a shallow volcanic crater at Pozzuoli, near Naples, part of the Phlegraean Fields volcanic area. It is a dormant volcano, which still emits jets of steam with sulfurous fumes.
Feb 27, 2024 · Pozzuoli doesn’t look like a town overlooking a volcano—it’s right by the sea and surrounded by verdant hills—because Phlegrean Fields is a caldera, a depression born when a volcano’s ...
- Alessio Perrone
Pozzuoli lies close to the Solfatara crater and above the deposits of numerous eruptions of the past few tens of ka. Napoli, with about 2 million inhabitants, lies peculiarly between the Campi Flegrei and Vesuvio both of which have left their deposits in the city area, and has a small volcanic center in its SW part (Cole et al. 1994).
The Sierra Madera crater is a meteorite crater (astrobleme) in southwestern Pecos County, Texas, United States. [1] The central peak of the rebound structure of the impact crater rises 793 ft (242 m) above the surrounding land. [3] The peak is visible from U.S. Highway 385 between Fort Stockton, Texas and Marathon, Texas.
Solfatara Crater. Some 2km up Via Rosini, which becomes Via Solfatara (about 900m north of the metro), the surreal Solfatara crater was known to the Romans as the Forum Vulcani (home of the god of fire). At the far end of the steaming, malodorous crater are the Stufe, in which two ancient grottoes were excavated at the end of the 19th century ...
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The Solfatara is a shallow volcanic crater located within the Campi Flegrei volcanic complex, near the cities of Pozzuoli and Naples. Campi Flegrei, which translates to “ Phlegraean Fields ” in English, is a large volcanic area that encompasses several volcanic craters, calderas, and geothermal features.
