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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 21 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 ...
Vulcano is located approximately 20 km (12 mi) north of Sicily and is approximately 8 km (5 mi) long by 4 km (2 mi) wide. The island is 21 km 2 (8 sq mi) in area and rises to 501 m (1,644 ft) above sea level.
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.
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 ...
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]
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 ...
The island, with an area of 12.6 square kilometres (4.9 sq mi), [4] represents the upper third of the volcano. [5] Its population was about 500 as of 2016 [update] . [ 2 ] The volcano has erupted many times and is constantly active with minor eruptions, often visible from many points on the island and from the surrounding sea, giving rise to ...
Grotta del Gelo ("Cave of Frost") is a volcanic cave of Mount Etna which is known for the presence of a large amount of ice.The cave formed in 1614–1624 during a large eruption of the volcano, inside one of the lava flows produced during that eruption.