Mount Etna

Mount Etna

Etna covers an area of with a basal circumference of . This makes it by far the largest of the four active volcanoes in Italy, being about two and a half times the height of the next largest, Mount Vesuvius. Only Mount Teide on Tenerife in the Canary Islands surpasses it in the whole of the European–North-African region west of the Black Sea.

Details

Id
1427
Age
350,000–500,000 years
Area
19,237 ha
Type
Composite volcano
Year
2013
Child
yes
Listing
Ultra
Criteria
Natural: viii
Embedded
{{Infobox UNESCO World Heritage Site
Location
Metropolitan City of Catania, Sicily, Italy
Buffer Zone
26,220 ha
Elevation M
3403
Prominence M
3,403
Elevation Ref
(varies)
Last Eruption
27 December 2025 (ongoing)
Label Position
left
Prominence Ref
Ranked 54th