Mount Etna, Sicily
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- Created on: 31-05-15 10:52
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- 3350m tall, covers area of 1250km2
- Composite volcano, truncated by several smaller calderas
- On the site of an old shield volcano
- GDP per capita $20 000
- More than 25% of the Sicilian population live on the flanks of Etna
- Destructive margin - African plate subducting under Eurasian plate
- Eruption started December 1991 and lasted 473 days
- Lava flowed down SE flank into Valle de Bove…
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