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Location map of Italy's most active volcanoes (Etna, Stromboli, Vesuvius, Vulcano, Lipari, Campi Flegrei)
Location map of Italy's most active volcanoes (Etna, Stromboli, Vesuvius, Vulcano, Lipari, Campi Flegrei)

The hot springs of Vulcano at sea level
The hot springs of Vulcano at sea level
Crater of La Fossa volcano, with views over the archipelago
Crater of La Fossa volcano, with views over the archipelago

Vulcano volcano eruptions

stratovolcano 500 m
Eolian Islands, Italy, 38.4°N / 14.96°E
Eruption list: Frequent eruptions since Ancient and Medieval times; during the last 300 years eruptions in 1727, 1731, 1771, 1775(?), 1780, 1786(?), 1812(?), 1822(?), 1831(?), 1873, 1886, 1888, 1892(?)




La Fossa cone, Vulcano island, seen from the sea
La Fossa cone, Vulcano island, seen from the sea
Large breadcrust bomb at the crater rim of La Fossa volcano, Vulcano - Eolian Islands (Italy)
Large breadcrust bomb at the crater rim of La Fossa volcano, Vulcano - Eolian Islands (Italy)
Beneficial effects of volcanic mud, Vulcano island (Italy)
Beneficial effects of volcanic mud, Vulcano island (Italy)

Links & further reading:

Vulcano volcano, Italy / boris.vulcanoetna.com/VULCANO.html
Boris Behncke's pages about Vulcano island
Vulcano volcano / www.volcano.si.edu/world/volcano.cfm?vnum=0101-05=&VErupt=Y&VSources=Y&VRep=Y&VWeekly=N
information from the Smithsonian Institute
INGV Catania / www.ct.ingv.it/Ufvg/Default.htm
Ufficial homepage of the Istituto Nazionale Di Geofisica e Vulcanologia - contains abundant information (in Italian) about volcanism, geology and the monitoring of the volcanoes in Sicily as well as recent activity updates
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