Global Volcanism Program | Image GVP-01552
Etna is Europe's highest volcano, towering above the city of Taormina on its NE flank. One of the world's longest documented historical records continues, dating back to the 2nd millennium BCE. Historical lava flows cover much of the surface of this 40 x 60 km wide basaltic stratovolcano and extend to the sea. Eruptions occur both from persistently active summit craters and intermittently from flank fissures and cones.
Photo by Jean-Claude Tanguy, 1991 (University of Paris).
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Keywords: stratovolcano | plume
Etna