Solfatara

Hence the name Solfatara for the fumarole described in Chapter IX.

Man or Matter Ernst Lehrs

It contains a crater in a state of subdued activity, called the Solfatara; an extinct volcano having a large crater called Monte Barbaro; and Lake Avernus, also supposed to be an extinct volcanic crater.

Wonders of Creation Anonymous

That known as the Solfatara, though not in eruption during the historic period, is interesting for the fact that from the crevices of the rocks about it there comes forth a continued efflux of carbonic-acid gas.

Outlines of the Earth's History A Popular Study in Physiography Nathaniel Southgate Shaler 1873

Solfatara, which is the crater of a volcano almost extinct.

Rollo in Naples Jacob Abbott 1841

No wonder the envoy wrote a book about the geology of the Bay of Naples, and no wonder the result was as spectacular as his books about antiquities, with smoking Vesuvius, the bubbling mud of the Solfatara, the deep, dark crater (and reputed Hell-mouth) of Lake Avernus, the heaving ground beneath Pozzuoli, and the gorgeously dramatic volcanic crags of Naples itself.

A Silly, Very Cultured Club Rowland, Ingrid D. 2009

On this occasion no accident occurred; the hills, however, smoked like a Solfatara for two days.

First footsteps in East Africa 2003

It exhibits the same evidences of recent volcanic activity as the neighbourhood of Lakes Tartarus and Solfatara on the way to Tivoli.

Roman Mosaics Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood Hugh Macmillan

St. Paul must have noticed -- though Scripture, intent only upon the unfolding of the religious drama, makes no reference to it -- the crater of Solfatara, one of the most wonderful phenomena of this wonderful region, for it lay directly in his path, and was only about a mile distant from Puteoli.

Roman Mosaics Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood Hugh Macmillan

The whole of the Solfatara crater has been enclosed for the purpose of manufacturing alum from its soil.

Roman Mosaics Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood Hugh Macmillan

Were it not for the safety-valves of Vesuvius and Solfatara, the whole intermediate region, with its towns and villages and swarming population, would be blown into the air by the vehement forces that are struggling beneath.

Roman Mosaics Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood Hugh Macmillan