Mount Etna

Mount Etna
Etna with the city of Catania in the foreground
Highest point
Elevation	3,329 m (10,922 ft) , (varies)
Prominence	3,329 m (10,922 ft)  Ranked 59th
Isolation	999 kilometres (621 mi)
Listing	Ultra
Coordinates	37°45.3′N 14°59.7′E / 37.7550°N 14.9950°E / 37.7550; 14.9950Coordinates: 37°45.3′N 14°59.7′E / 37.7550°N 14.9950°E / 37.7550; 14.9950
Geography
Mount Etna Metropolitan City of Catania in Sicily, Italy
Geology
Age of rock	350,000 - 500,000 years
Mountain type	Stratovolcano
Last eruption	1 March 2017
UNESCO World Heritage Site Mount Etna
Name as inscribed on the World Heritage List
Location	Italy
Type	Natural
Criteria	vii, viii, ix
Reference	1427
UNESCO region	Europe
Inscription history
Inscription	2013 (37th Session)

Mount Etna (or Etna; pronunciation: /ˈɛtnə/; Italian: Etna [ˈɛtna] or Mongibello [mondʒiˈbɛllo], Sicilian: Mungibeddu [mʊndʒɪbˈbɛɖɖʊ] or â Muntagna, Latin: Aetna) 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 lies above the convergent plate margin between the African Plate and the Eurasian Plate. It is the tallest active volcano in Europe, currently 3,329 m (10,922 ft) high, though this varies with summit eruptions. It is the highest peak in Italy south of the Alps. Etna covers an area of 1,190 km² (459 sq mi) with a basal circumference of 140 km. This makes it by far the largest of the three active volcanoes in Italy, being about two and a half times the height of the next largest, Mount Vesuvius. Only Mount Teide in Tenerife (owned by Spain) surpasses it in the whole of the European–North-African region. In Greek Mythology, the deadly monster Typhon was trapped under this mountain by Zeus, the god of the sky and thunder and king of gods, and the forges of Hephaestus were said to also be located underneath it.