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As a follow-on the digitizing of the rare and important 1967 "Subsoil of Naples" 500-page commissioned study into searchable PDF format in both Italian and the English translation which is in work, napoliunderground.org has now completed the scanning of the atlas of eight huge and very detailed maps which are available online. The eight maps include a 1) Central technical geological coastal map of the Naples shoreline, 2) Another with the isopach strata lines overlaid, 3) Zone map indicating with colored dots location of cavities beneath the city and surrounding area, 4) Water table levels , 5) Water table locations in the urban center, 6) Geotechnical overview map, 7) Geotechnical zone map, 8) Geologic strata overview map

While the keys to the maps are in Italian, they nonetheless offer a breathtaking overview of the honeycomb of giant cavities left when yellow tuff sandstone was mined and used for major building construction centuries ago. Specific geologic maps of the whole geothermal area present a wonderful overview.  As we move ahead with the English translation of "Subsoil of Naples" we plan to insert clickable links to the Atlas maps to expand use and understanding of this mind-boggling study of the complex subsoil in this geothermal area created by eons of major volcanic eruptions.

Larry Ray

Online Gallery of Atlas maps

Downloadable Zip of hi-resolution maps - "Il sottosuolo di Napoli – Atlante"

English Translation of "Subsoil of Naples"

by Napoli Underground