Sunday, 17 August 2014

Mount Etna




Mount Etna is Europe's tallest active volcano and is located in Sicily, Italy. Etna is a composite volcano and has been created by earth's active tectonic plate system (the African plate is moving below the Eurasian plate). It covers an area of 1,190 km2 with a basal circumference of 140 km. It is also known as Mungibeddu in Sicilian and Mongibello or Montebello in Italian.


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