Mount Barbaro
{{Short description|Mountain in Italy}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Mount Barbaro
| other_name = Mount Gauro
| photo = Pozzuoli NASA ISS004-E-5376 added names.jpg
| photo_caption = NASA Space Shuttle photo of Campi Flegrei, showing Mount Gauro/Barbaro
| elevation_m = 331
| elevation_ref = {{cite gvp |vn=211010|vtab=Subfeatures|name=Campi Flegrei}}
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| location = Province of Naples, Italy
| map = Italy
| map_caption = Location in Italy
| map_size = 240
| coordinates = {{coord|40.827|N|14.139|E|type:mountain_region:IT_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| age =
| type = Tuff cone
| volcanic_arc = Campanian volcanic arc
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Mount Barbaro or Mount Gauro in Italy {{lang | it |Monte Barbaro}} or {{lang | it |Monte Gauro}}, is one of the eruptive vents of the Phlegraean Fields, a volcanic field of Italy located in Campania.
Geography
Mount Barbaro is a tuff cone containing zeolite.{{cite web|url=http://www.ov.ingv.it/volcanology/flegrei/centri/gauro.htm|title=Gauro|publisher=Vesuvius Observatory|accessdate=13 October 2010|language=it|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722035608/http://www.ov.ingv.it/volcanology/flegrei/centri/gauro.htm|archivedate=22 July 2011}} Its structure consists of layers of ash either parallel or overlapping them, including lenticular masses of pumice agglomerate
The crater, oval, is fused to another unnamed crater west. Its rim is the highest in the south and rises to {{convert|331|m|0}}.
History
The date of the volcanic eruption that formed the Mount Barbaro is unknown but it was manifested by phreatomagmatic eruption.
The Battle of Mount Gaurus was fought in 342 BC at the foot of the mountain during First Samnite War. The ancient Romans, led by Marcus Valerius Corvus, defeated the Samnites.
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Category:Campanian volcanic arc