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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 ...
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.
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 Stromboli volcano, located on the island of Stromboli, near Sicily, began spewing lava, rocks and ash about noon Wednesday, according to the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology.
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 Anjou Bible, [1] or Bible Angevine, is an illustrated manuscript created c. 1340 in the court of King Robert I of Naples and Sicily (also known as Robert I of Anjou or Robert the Wise). The Bible consists of 344 folios with two full-page illustrations and over 80 small miniatures, dated initials, and marginal miniatures.
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.