Lago di Vico, central Italy. A detailed late Holocene pollen record
Lago di Vico is a volcanic lake located 50 km northwest of Rome, 40 km from the Tyrrhenian Sea, in central Italy. It has a max. depth of 50 m, an elevation of 510 m a.s.l., a diameter of ca. 5 km, a surface of ca. 12 km2, and a catchment area of ca. 40 km2. It is located in the central collapse caldera of the Vico volcanic district. The catchment, exclusively formed by volcanic rocks, is delimited by the edge of the caldera, peaking 965 m a.s.l. at Monte Fogliano where an estimate of the rainfall provided a value of about 2000 mm.