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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 5 January 2025. Active volcano on the east coast of Sicily, Italy "Mongibello" redirects here. For the fictional location, see The Talented Mr. Ripley. Mount Etna Etna with the city of Catania in the foreground (December 2007) Highest point Elevation 3,403 m (11,165 ft)(varies) Prominence 3,403 m (11,165 ...
With a volume of 0.5–1 km 3 (0.12–0.24 cu mi) [d] lava, [13] the 1669 eruption is Etna's largest during the last 400 years [4] and its largest historical effusive eruption. [67] Its lava field is the largest in the volcano's history [4] [31] and the longest flow at Etna during the last 15,000 years. [33]
Mount Etna is an active stratovolcano located at the eastern coast of Sicily which is composed mainly of basalt. Its formation began at about 0.5 Ma when submarine volcanism occurred at the Gela foredeep and formed tholeiitic pillow lava. At about 0.3 Ma, a tholeiitic lava plateau was formed on an ancient alluvial plain by fissure-type volcanism.
According to Italy's National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology, the volcanic structure is around 400 m (1,300 ft) high, with a base 30 km long and 25 km wide (20 mi × 15 mi). Located in the Campi Flegrei del Mar di Sicilia (Phlegraean Fields of the Strait of Sicily ), Empedocles is composed of what was once believed to be separate ...
Other caves in the area are the Grotta dei Aci, Grotta dei Lamponi and Grotta dei Pastori, [4] the first two of which formed during the same eruption as the Grotta del Gelo. [5] There are also two volcanic cones , Monte Nero and Monte Pizzillo, and the vents of the 1923 and 1947 eruptions in the area. [ 4 ]
Eruptions at Italy's Mount Etna and the smaller Stromboli volcano spewed hot ash and lava, raising alert levels on the Mediterranean island of Sicily and forcing a temporary shutdown of Catania ...
The island was part of the submarine volcano Empedocles, 30 km (19 mi) south of Sicily, which is one of a number of underwater volcanoes known as the Campi Flegrei del Mar di Sicilia. Seamount eruptions have raised the island above sea level several times before erosion submerged it again. The island's most recent "appearance" occurred in July ...
Volcanoes were still erupting on the moon during Earth’s dinosaur age, new research suggests, much more recently than previously believed.. Three tiny glass beads that were collected from the ...