Vesuvius (disambiguation)

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

Vesuvius may also refer to:

Locations

• Vesuvius, Virginia, a community in Virginia in the United States
• Vesuvius, British Columbia, a community in British Columbia in Canada, also known as Vesuvius Bay

Military

• Battle of Vesuvius in Italy in 339 BC
• A US Navy ship named USS Vesuvius:
  • Vesuvius (1806), a bomb ketch
  • Vesuvius (1846), a brig
  • Vesuvius (1888), a unique dynamite-gun cruiser
  • Vesuvius (AE-15), a Second World War ammunition cargo ship
• A Royal Navy ship named HMS Vesuvius
• The code name for German World War II bases that were to launch the Wasserfall anti-aircraft missile

Science and technology

• An asteroid, 13897 Vesuvius
• A name given to types of fireworks that resembled a volcano

Arts and entertainment

• Vesuvius Incorporated, a fictional publisher in White Wolf Game Studio's videogame setting World of Darkness
• TCS Vesuvius, a starship in the Wing Commander science fiction universe
• The name of a wind orchestral piece written by Frank Ticheli about the eruption of Mount Vesuvius and the resulting destruction of Pompeii
• Vesuvius Records, a record label
• A fictional band from the movie The Rocker
• Nuovo Vesuvio, the name of Artie Bucco's fictional restaurant in the TV show, The Sopranos
• The name of a song by Sufjan Stevens, on his 2010 album Age of Adz.