ERUPTION OF MOUNT ETNASicily, ITALY
UNESCO World Heritage Sites
Tallest active volcano in Europe
Highest mountain in Italy south of the Alps
Thanks to Pietro Petrolo
of Italy
Received: Apr. 7, 2016
Mount Etna is an active stratovolcano on the east coast of Sicily, Italy, in the Province of Catania. It is the Tallest active volcano in Europe, currently 3,329 m (10,922 ft) high, though this varies with summit eruptions. It is the Highest mountain in Italy south of the Alps. Etna covers an area of 1,190 km2 (459 sq mi) with a basal circumference of 140 km. This makes it by far the largest of the three active volcanoes in Italy, being about two and a half times the height of the next largest, Mount Vesuvius. Only Mount Teide in Tenerife surpasses it in the whole of the European–North-African region.
Mount Etna is
one of the most active volcanoes in the world and is in an almost constant
state of activity. It has been designated a Decade Volcano by the United
Nations. In June 2013, it was added to
the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
Mount Etna is an active stratovolcano on the east coast of Sicily, Italy, in the Province of Catania. It is the Tallest active volcano in Europe, currently 3,329 m (10,922 ft) high, though this varies with summit eruptions. It is the Highest mountain in Italy south of the Alps. Etna covers an area of 1,190 km2 (459 sq mi) with a basal circumference of 140 km. This makes it by far the largest of the three active volcanoes in Italy, being about two and a half times the height of the next largest, Mount Vesuvius. Only Mount Teide in Tenerife surpasses it in the whole of the European–North-African region.
Etna is one
of Sicily's main tourist attractions.
