Mount Etna, or simply Etna, is an active stratovolcano on the east coast of Sicily, Italy, in the Metropolitan City of Catania, between the cities of Messina and Catania. It is located above the conve
Etna with the city of Catania in the foreground (December 2007)
February 2021 eruption seen from Naval Air Station Sigonella
Mount Etna from the south with the smoking peak in the upper left and a lateral crater in the centre
The 1766 eruption depicted in a coloured engraving by Italian painter Alessandro D'Anna [it], c. 1770
The Decade Volcanoes are 16 volcanoes identified by the International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior as being worthy of particular study in light of their history of
Mount Etna
…the mountain and the broad Plain of Catania to the south. Due to its history of recent activity and nearby population, Mount Etna has been designated a Decade Volcano by the United Nations. In June 2013, it was added to the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites. One view is that the word Etna is from the Greek αἴθω…
Building destroyed by eruptions at Mount Unzen, Japan
Colima Volcano eruption column, December 2016
Phreatic explosion captured at the Main Crater of Taal Volcano in January 2020, from an installed IP camera of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) monitoring the volcano.
A large eruption at Mount Etna, photographed from the International Space Station