Mount Vulture (Italian: [ˈvulture]) is an extinct volcano located 56 km (35 mi) north of the city Potenza in the Basilicata region (Italy).

With a height of 1,326 m (4,350 ft), it is unique amongst large Italian volcanoes due to its location east of the Apennine mountain range.

[citation needed] At the summit is a caldera, known as Valle dei Grigi, whose precise origins are disputed.

The earliest eruptions of the volcano occurred around one million years ago, explosive activity producing ignimbrite.

The explosive eruption phase finished around 830,000 years before present, when the nature of the activity changed to a mix of pyroclastic and effusive, lava eruptions which built up the mountain and which have been dated to around 500,000 years ago.