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Vesuvius, also known as Mount Vesuvius, is a volcano in Italy that destroyed the Roman city of Pompeii.

Vesuvius may also refer to:

Places

• Vesuvius, British Columbia, an unincorporated settlement in Canada also known as Vesuvius Bay and named after HMS Vesuvius
• Vesuvius, Virginia, an unincorporated community in the United States
• Vesuvius National Park, Italy, centered on the volcano
• 13897 Vesuvius, an asteroid

Military

• Battle of Vesuvius won by Rome in 340 BC
• HMS Vesuvius, various Royal Navy ships (12 officially)
• USS Vesuvius, several US Navy ships (5) with first directly named for the famous volcano
• The code name for German World War II bases that were to launch the Wasserfall anti-aircraft missile
• Vesuvius Airfield, an American World War II airfield in southern Italy

Arts and entertainment

• "Vesuvius" (How I Met Your Mother), an episode of the TV series How I Met Your Mother
• Vesuvius (UK record label), a British independent label
• A wind orchestral piece written by Frank Ticheli about the eruption of Mount Vesuvius
• "Vesuvius", a song by Sufjan Stevens, on his 2010 album The Age of Adz
• TCS Vesuvius, a starship in the Wing Commander science fiction universe
• Vesuvius, a fictional band in the movie The Rocker
• Vesuvius (band), a Canadian metal band, formed in 2012

Other uses

• Vesuvius Observatory, Italy
• A type of fireworks that resembles a volcano
• Vesuvius plc a British maker of ceramic products

• Disambiguation pages
• Place name disambiguation pages