Mount Etna

Mount Etna
Catania, Italy (IT)
Mount Etna (Etna/Mongibello/Muncibbeḍḍu/a Muntagna/Aetna/Αἴτνα & Αἴτνη), is an active stratovolcano on the east coast of Sicily between Messina and Catania. It lies above the convergent plate margin between the African & Eurasian Plates. It's 1 of the tallest active volcanoes in Europe, and the tallest peak in Italy south of the Alps with a current height of 3,357 m, though this varies with summit eruptions.

Designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2013.
Mount Etna (Etna/Mongibello/Muncibbeḍḍu/a Muntagna/Aetna/Αἴτνα & Αἴτνη), is an active stratovolcano on the east coast of Sicily between Messina and Catania. It lies above the convergent plate margin between the African & Eurasian Plates. It's 1 of the tallest active volcanoes in Europe, and the tallest peak in Italy south of the Alps with a current height of 3,357 m, though this varies with summit eruptions.

Designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2013.
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Links: en.wikipedia.org, whc.unesco.org
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@ 2005-08-22 14:02:29

This is also where some of the lava footage was shot for the Msutafar scenes in Star Wars Episode III, Revenge of the Sith

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