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THE Island of Ischia, the Pithecusa of the ancients, is some twenty miles in circumference, and appears to be the continuation of the north-western boundary of the Gulf of Naples It consists of an old volcanic mountain sloping down on all side to the sea. The southern rim of the old crater has been remove by denudation, leaving the northern as a curved serrated ridge, forming the peak of Monte Epomeo.
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JOHNSTON-LAVIS, H. The Earthquake in Ischia . Nature 23, 497–498 (1881). https://doi.org/10.1038/023497a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/023497a0