# Phlegraean Fields

- **Country:** Italy
- **Coordinates:** 40.827000, 14.139000
- **Age:** 40,000 years
- **Type:** Caldera
- **Location:** Metropolitan City of Naples, Campania, Italy
- **Elevation M:** 458
- **Volcanic Arc:** Campanian volcanic arc
- **Last Eruption:** 29 September to 6 October 1538

Volcanic deposits indicative of eruption have been dated by argon at 315,000, 205,000, 157,000 and 18,000 years ago.

![Photo of Phlegraean Fields](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/01/VedutaEremo2.jpg)

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