Mount Etna Volcano

Mount Etna Volcano

• Mount Etna is Europe’s highest and most active volcano outside the Caucasus.
• Mount Etna is an active stratovolcano on the east coast of Sicily, Italy.
• The last major eruption was in 1992.
• The volcano lies above the convergent plate margin between the African Plate and the Eurasian Plate. 
• Mount Etna is in an almost constant state of activity.
• United Nations has designated Mount Etna as a Decade Volcano and it was added to the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
• Why in news? It has erupted again.