Vulsini
- Italy
- Mediterranean and Western Asia
- Caldera
- 104 BCE
- Country
- Volcanic Region
- Primary Volcano Type
- Last Known Eruption
- 42.6°N
- 11.93°E
- 800 m
2624 ft - 211003
- Latitude
- Longitude
- Summit
Elevation - Volcano
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- Latest Activity Reports
- Weekly Reports
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- Synonyms & Subfeatures
- General Information
- Eruptive History
- Deformation History
- Emission History
- Photo Gallery
- Smithsonian Samples
- Affiliated Sites
The Global Volcanism Program has no activity reports for Vulsini.
The Global Volcanism Program has no Weekly Reports available for Vulsini.
The Global Volcanism Program has no Bulletin Reports available for Vulsini.
This compilation of synonyms and subsidiary features may not be comprehensive. Features are organized into four major categories: Cones, Craters, Domes, and Thermal Features. Synonyms of features appear indented below the primary name. In some cases additional feature type, elevation, or location details are provided.
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Cones |
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| Feature Name | Feature Type | Elevation | Latitude | Longitude |
| Becco, Mount | Cone | |||
| Bisentina, Isola | Cone | |||
| Dogana, La | Cone | |||
| Evangelista, Mount | Cone | 633 m | ||
| Martana, Isola | Cone | |||
| Molino | Cone | |||
| Montefiascone | Cone | |||
| Montione, Mount | Cone | |||
| Mulino De Valentano | Cone | |||
| Pilato, Mount | Cone | |||
| Rosso, Mount | Cone | |||
| Santa Luce | Cone | |||
| Santa Maria Di Sala | Cone | |||
| Selva Del Lamone | Cone | |||
| Semonte, Mount | Cone | |||
| Spinaio, Mount | Cone | |||
| Valentano | Cone | |||
Craters |
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| Feature Name | Feature Type | Elevation | Latitude | Longitude |
| Bolsena | Pleistocene caldera | |||
| Latera | Pleistocene caldera | |||
| Vepe | Pleistocene caldera | |||
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Eruptive History
There is data available for 1 Holocene eruptive periods.
| Start Date | Stop Date | Eruption Certainty | VEI | Evidence | Activity Area or Unit |
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| 0104 BCE | Unknown | Confirmed | Historical Observations |
Deformation History
There is no Deformation History data available for Vulsini.
Emission History
There is no Emissions History data available for Vulsini.
Photo Gallery
| Geologists examine a quarry in a post-caldera cone of the Vulsini volcanic complex. The base of the quarry exposes thick, red-colored scoria deposits produced by strombolian eruptions that built a cinder cone. These are overlain by bedded, yellowish pyroclastic-surge deposits. Photo by Richard Waitt, 1985 (U.S. Geological Survey). |
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| The 16-km-wide Bolsena caldera, filled by the waters of Lago di Bolsena, is the most prominent feature of the Vulsini volcanic complex NW of Rome. The 2000 sq km volcanic complex also includes the Latera caldera to the west. Both calderas were formed during the Pleistocene. Post-caldera eruptions produced scoria cones, lava flows, and youthful-looking, ash-cone islands in Lago di Bolsena that may have given origin to legends of a fire god. Photo by Richard Waitt, 1985 (U.S. Geological Survey). |
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| The small Amiata lava-dome complex (just right of the center of this image), is located about 20 km NW of Lake Bolsena (left-center) in the southern Tuscany region of Italy. Viscous lava flows can be seen descending the flanks of the complex in this NASA Space Shuttle image (with north to the lower right). The largest of the domes is 1738-m-high Monte Amiata (La Vetta). No eruptive activity has occurred at Amiata during the Holocene, but thermal activity continues at a producing geothermal field. NASA Space Station image ISS008-E-7007, 2003 (http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/). |
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| The small Amiata lava-dome complex (just right of the center of this image), is located about 20 km NW of Lake Bolsena (left-center) in the southern Tuscany region of Italy. Viscous lava flows can be seen descending the flanks of the complex in this NASA Space Shuttle image (with north to the lower right). The largest of the domes is 1738-m-high Monte Amiata (La Vetta). No eruptive activity has occurred at Amiata during the Holocene, but thermal activity continues at a producing geothermal field. NASA Space Station image ISS008-E-7007, 2003 (http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/). |
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| Three large calderas are seen in this NASA Space Shuttle image (with north to the upper left) of the Vulsini volcanic complex in central Italy. The 16-km-wide Lake Bolsena (left-center) was formed during major Pleistocene explosive eruptions at about 0.3 years ago and the 8 x 11 km wide Latera caldera (below and to the left of Bolsena) about 0.16 million years ago. Post-caldera volcanism produced scoria cones and lava flows (lower left) until subrecent times. Pleistocene Lake Vico in the Cimini Mountains lies at the right-center. NASA Space Station image ISS006-E-36701, 2003 (http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/). |
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| Two calderas are seen in this NASA Space Shuttle image (with north to the upper left) of the Vulsini volcanic complex. The 16-km-wide Lake Bolesena (left-center) was formed following major Pleistocene explosive eruptions at about 0.3 million years ago. The 8 x 11 km wide Latera caldera (below and to the left of Bolsena) was formed about 0.16 million years ago. Post-caldera volcanism produced scoria cones and lava flows (lower left) from vents at or near Latera caldera until subrecent times. NASA Space Station image ISS006-E-36701, 2003 (http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/). |
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Smithsonian Sample Collections Database
The following 66 samples associated with this volcano can be found in the Smithsonian's NMNH Department of Mineral Sciences collections, and may be availble for research (contact the Rock and Ore Collections Manager). Catalog number links will open a window with more information.
| Catalog Number | Sample Description | Lava Source | Collection Date |
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| NMNH 100079 | Leucite Tephrite | BOLSENA CALDERA | -- |
| NMNH 100080 | Leucitite | BOLSENA CALDERA | -- |
| NMNH 100081 | Leucite Tephrite | BOLSENA CALDERA | -- |
| NMNH 100082 | Leucite Phonolite | BOLSENA CALDERA | -- |
| NMNH 111123-914 | Vulsinite | BOLSENA | -- |
| NMNH 111123-922 | Leucite Trachyte | BOLSENA | -- |
| NMNH 111123-931 | Leucitite | BOLSENA | -- |
| NMNH 111123-932 | Leucitite | BOLSENA | -- |
| NMNH 111123-942 | Leucite Tephrite | BOLSENA | -- |
| NMNH 111123-948 | Leucite Phonolite | BOLSENA | -- |
| NMNH 98878 | Leucite Phonolite | BOLSENA CALDERA | -- |
| NMNH 98879 | Leucite Phonolite | BOLSENA CALDERA | -- |
| NMNH 98880 | Leucite Tephrite | BOLSENA CALDERA | -- |
| NMNH 98881 | Leucite Tephrite | BOLSENA CALDERA | -- |
| NMNH 98882 | Leucitite | BOLSENA CALDERA | -- |
| NMNH 98883 | Vulsinite | BOLSENA CALDERA | -- |
| NMNH 98884 | Vulsinite | BOLSENA CALDERA | -- |
| NMNH 98885 | Leucitite | BOLSENA CALDERA | -- |
| NMNH 98886 | Nepheline Leucitite | BOLSENA CALDERA | -- |
| NMNH 98887 | Leucite Phonolite | BOLSENA CALDERA | -- |
| NMNH 98888 | Leucitite | BOLSENA CALDERA | -- |
| NMNH 98889 | Unidentified | BOLSENA CALDERA | -- |
| NMNH 98890 | Leucitite | BOLSENA CALDERA | -- |
| NMNH 98891 | Leucitite | BOLSENA CALDERA | -- |
| NMNH 98892 | Leucitite | BOLSENA CALDERA | -- |
| NMNH 98893 | Leucitite | BOLSENA CALDERA | -- |
| NMNH 98894 | Leucitite | BOLSENA CALDERA | -- |
| NMNH 98895 | Leucitite | BOLSENA CALDERA | -- |
| NMNH 98896 | Leucitite | BOLSENA CALDERA | -- |
| NMNH 98897 | Leucitite | BOLSENA CALDERA | -- |
| NMNH 98898 | Vulsinite | BOLSENA CALDERA | -- |
| NMNH 98899 | Leucitite | BOLSENA CALDERA | -- |
| NMNH 98900 | Leucitite | BOLSENA CALDERA | -- |
| NMNH 98901 | Leucitite | BOLSENA CALDERA | -- |
| NMNH 98902 | Leucitite | BOLSENA CALDERA | -- |
| NMNH 98903 | Leucitite | BOLSENA CALDERA | -- |
| NMNH 98904 | Leucitite | BOLSENA CALDERA | -- |
| NMNH 98905 | Leucitite | BOLSENA CALDERA | -- |
| NMNH 98906 | Leucite Trachyte | BOLSENA CALDERA | -- |
| NMNH 98907 | Leucite Tephrite | BOLSENA CALDERA | -- |
| NMNH 98908 | Leucitite | BOLSENA CALDERA | -- |
| NMNH 98909 | Unidentified | BOLSENA CALDERA | -- |
| NMNH 98910 | Leucitite | BOLSENA CALDERA | -- |
| NMNH 98911 | Leucitite | BOLSENA CALDERA | -- |
| NMNH 98912 | Leucitite | BOLSENA CALDERA | -- |
| NMNH 98913 | Leucitite | BOLSENA CALDERA | -- |
| NMNH 98914 | Leucitite | BOLSENA CALDERA | -- |
| NMNH 98915 | Leucitite | BOLSENA CALDERA | -- |
| NMNH 98916 | Peperino | BOLSENA CALDERA | -- |
| NMNH 98917 | Leucitite | BOLSENA CALDERA | -- |
| NMNH 98918 | Leucitite | BOLSENA CALDERA | -- |
| NMNH 98919 | Leucitite | BOLSENA CALDERA | -- |
| NMNH 98920 | Leucite Tephrite | BOLSENA CALDERA | -- |
| NMNH 98921 | Trachyte | BOLSENA CALDERA | -- |
| NMNH 98922 | Leucitite | BOLSENA CALDERA | -- |
| NMNH 98923 | Unidentified | BOLSENA CALDERA | -- |
| NMNH 98924 | Leucite Trachyte | BOLSENA CALDERA | -- |
| NMNH 98925 | Leucite Trachyte | BOLSENA CALDERA | -- |
| NMNH 98926 | Leucite Phonolite | BOLSENA CALDERA | -- |
| NMNH 98927 | Leucite Basanite | BOLSENA CALDERA | -- |
| NMNH 98928 | Leucitite | BOLSENA CALDERA | -- |
| NMNH 98929 | Andesite | BOLSENA CALDERA | -- |
| NMNH 98930 | Andesite | BOLSENA CALDERA | -- |
| NMNH 98931 | Andesite | BOLSENA CALDERA | -- |
| NMNH 98932 | Andesite | BOLSENA CALDERA | -- |
| NMNH 98933 | Andesite | BOLSENA CALDERA | -- |
Affiliated Sites
| DECADE Data | The DECADE portal, still in the developmental stage, serves as an example of the proposed interoperability between The Smithsonian Institution's Global Volcanism Program, the MAGA Database, and the EarthChem Geochemical Portal. The Deep Earth Carbon Degassing (DECADE) initiative seeks to use new and established technologies to determine accurate global fluxes of volcanic CO2 to the atmosphere, but installing CO2 monitoring networks on 20 of the world's 150 most actively degassing volcanoes. The group uses related laboratory-based studies (direct gas sampling and analysis, melt inclusions) to provide new data for direct degassing of deep earth carbon to the atmosphere. |
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WOVOdat
Single Volcano View Temporal Evolution of Unrest Side by Side Volcanoes |
WOVOdat is a database of volcanic unrest; instrumentally and visually recorded changes in seismicity, ground deformation, gas emission, and other parameters from their normal baselines. It is sponsored by the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (WOVO) and presently hosted at the Earth Observatory of Singapore. |
| Large Eruptions of Vulsini | Information about large Quaternary eruptions (VEI >= 4) is cataloged in the Large Magnitude Explosive Volcanic Eruptions (LaMEVE) database of the Volcano Global Risk Identification and Analysis Project (VOGRIPA). |
| MIROVA | Middle InfraRed Observation of Volcanic Activity (MIROVA) is a near real time volcanic hot-spot detection system based on the analysis of MODIS (Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) data. In particular, MIROVA uses the Middle InfraRed Radiation (MIR), measured over target volcanoes, in order to detect, locate and measure the heat radiation sourced from volcanic activity. |
| MODVOLC Thermal Alerts | Using infrared satellite Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) data, scientists at the Hawai'i Institute of Geophysics and Planetology, University of Hawai'i, developed an automated system called MODVOLC to map thermal hot-spots in near real time. For each MODIS image, the algorithm automatically scans each 1 km pixel within it to check for high-temperature hot-spots. When one is found the date, time, location, and intensity are recorded. MODIS looks at every square km of the Earth every 48 hours, once during the day and once during the night, and the presence of two MODIS sensors in space allows at least four hot-spot observations every two days. Each day updated global maps are compiled to display the locations of all hot spots detected in the previous 24 hours. There is a drop-down list with volcano names which allow users to 'zoom-in' and examine the distribution of hot-spots at a variety of spatial scales. |
| EarthChem | EarthChem develops and maintains databases, software, and services that support the preservation, discovery, access and analysis of geochemical data, and facilitate their integration with the broad array of other available earth science parameters. EarthChem is operated by a joint team of disciplinary scientists, data scientists, data managers and information technology developers who are part of the NSF-funded data facility Integrated Earth Data Applications (IEDA). IEDA is a collaborative effort of EarthChem and the Marine Geoscience Data System (MGDS). |
