Volcanology of Italy - Active Volcanoes

Active Volcanoes

Three of Italy's volcanoes have erupted in the last hundred years:

  • Mount Etna, on Sicily (continuous activity)
  • Stromboli, one of the Aeolian Islands (continuous activity)
  • Mount Vesuvius, near Naples (last erupted in 1944); the only active volcano in mainland Europe.

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