Mount Etna from A18 Motorway NB Linera Est Parking Area
N 37° 40.087 E 015° 09.080
33S E 513346 N 4169003
The A18 motorway skirts Mount Etna on the East side and provides some spectacular views. This North Bound parking turn off provides a safe place to stop and admire the volcano where the motorway comes closest to the Volcano.
Waymark Code: WMVDMC
Location: Sicilia, Italy
Date Posted: 04/05/2017
Views: 29
In February of 2017 Etna awoke after over a year of inactivity. The volcano, one of the most active in the world, had been largely dormant for the previous two years.
The last time Etna posed a serious threat to villages on its slopes was in 1992, when lava streams headed towards Zafferana, a town of 7,000 people.
In a spectacular operation, Italian and US soldiers used controlled explosions to divert the flow.
Volcano Type: Composite Volcano or Stratovolcano
Volcano Location: Continental (subduction zone)
Year of most recent activity: 2017
Caldera Visible?: yes
Cone Visible?: yes
Crater Visible?: yes
Lava Flow (Moving) Visible?: yes
Lava Flow (Not Moving) Visible?: yes
Vent or Fumarole Visible?: yes
Geyser/Hot Spring Visible?: Not Listed
Lava Dome Visible?: Not Listed
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