# Mount Vulture

- **Country:** Italy
- **Coordinates:** 40.948333, 15.635556
- **Location:** Basilicata, Italy
- **Elevation M:** 1326
- **Last Eruption:** 40,000 years ago

Mount Vulture is an inactive volcano located north of the city Potenza in the Basilicata region (Italy). As a prominent landmark it gave its name to the Vulture region, the most significant viticultural zone in Basilicata growing the DOC wine Aglianico del Vulture.

![Photo of Mount Vulture](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e7/Monte_vulture_1_in_basilicata.jpg)

**Source:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monte_Vulture (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)