Vulcano
Vulcano is a small island in the
Tyrrhenian Sea, containing one of the four
active volcanos in Italy. Vulcano is the southernmost of the
Aeolian Islands.
- Location: 38.4 degrees N, 15.0 degrees E
- Elevation: ca 1,600 feet (500 meters)
For the Romans, the island of Vulcano was the habitation of the firegod
Vulcan. The Greek firegod
Hephaestos maintained his chthonic forge on the island of
Lesbos.
The older stratovolcano cones have partially collapsed in calderas . The youngest cone on the island, Vulcanello, began to form in an eruption of 183 BCE.
Vulcano has been quiet since the eruption of 1888-90.
Vulcano has contributed the words for volcano in most modern languages.
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