Mount Etna
Mount Etna is a volcano in Italy, 3,403 m high. It last erupted in 27 December 2025 (ongoing).
- Elevation
- 3,403 m
- Type
- Composite volcano
- Last eruption
- 27 December 2025 (ongoing)
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
Questions about Mount Etna
Where is Mount Etna?
Mount Etna is in Italy.
How high is Mount Etna?
Mount Etna is 3,403 m high.
When did Mount Etna last erupt?
Mount Etna last erupted in 27 December 2025 (ongoing).