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Lake Averno. Lake Avernus (Italian: Lago d'Averno) is a volcanic crater lake located in the Avernus crater in the Campania region of southern Italy, around 4 kilometres (2 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles) west of Pozzuoli. It is near the volcanic field known as the Phlegraean Fields (Campi Flegrei) and comprises part of the wider Campanian volcanic arc.
Avernus was believed to be the entrance to the underworld, and is portrayed as such in the Aeneid of Virgil.According to tradition, all birds flying over the lake were destined to fall dead, [3] hence the lake’s name was transferred to Greek as Ἄορνος (λίμνη) Áornos (límnē) ‚ or 'birdless (lake)'. [4]
Lake Garda, the largest lake of Italy. The following is a list of lakes of Italy.The lakes of Italy can be distinguished, depending on their location within the national territory, between pre-alpine, north-western, Apennine, Sicilian and Sardinian, in addition to lagoons and coastal lakes.
More accurately, an algae bloom reddened the volcanic crater lake of Averno (or Avernus), then spread to the water in the Gulf of Pozzuoli, and eventually out to the open sea. The algae bloom is a ...
The water releases lowered the levels of the two reservoirs: Lake Success, near Porterville, had been about 20% full. It fell to 18%. Lake Kaweah, near Visalia, was roughly 21% full and similarly ...
Averno may refer to: Lake Avernus (Lago d'Averno), a crater lake in south Italy; Avernus, entrance to the Roman underworld; Averno (poetry collection), a book of poetry by Louise Glück; Averno (wrestler), Mexican professional wrestler; Averno (universe), multimedia universe/franchise created by Morgan Smith
See a map of the latest wildfires. The latest Los Angeles County wildfire, dubbed the Hughes Fire, began as a brush fire Wednesday a little before 11 a.m. before spreading to over 8,000 acres by ...
In the days since, guns have killed at least 2244 more people. Chicago has seen more recent gun deaths than any other city in the U.S. In a speech there, President Obama said "too many of our children are being taken away from us" as a result of gun violence.