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Teide or Mount Teide is an active stratovolcano on the Spanish island of Tenerife, part of the Canary Islands. Its summit is the highest point in Spain and the highest of any island in the Atlantic Oc
Teide volcano and Roque Cinchado (left)
Teide (right) and Pico Viejo (left)
El Pitón, a small volcanic cone at the summit of Teide
Panorama of Teide from Los Roques de Garcia
Mount Etna
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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
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…native Hawaiians as responsible for the eruptions of the volcano. The same was true for the ancient Greeks and Romans, who believed that Vulcano and Mount Etna were chimneys of the foundry of the fire god Hephaestus (Vulcan in Latin). In 1492, when Christopher Columbus arrived at the island of Tenerife, his…
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](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Eruzione_dell%27Etna_del_1766%2C_incisione_colorata_di_Alessandro_D%27Anna.jpg/500px-Eruzione_dell%27Etna_del_1766%2C_incisione_colorata_di_Alessandro_D%27Anna.jpg)
The 1766 eruption depicted in a coloured engraving by Italian painter Alessandro D'Anna [it], c. 1770