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Mount Etna Project
Mount Etna, The Highest Active Volcano In Europe
Identifying Information
The name of my volcano is Mt. Etna
Latitude: 37.8 degrees North
Longitude: 15 degrees East
Country: Sicily, Italy
Closest City: Palermo
Plate Boundary: Convergent
Formed at a subduction zone where the Eurasian and African plates converge
Volcano Description
Mount Etna is a composite stratovolcano. A stratovolcano has steep sides, and can grow up to really great heights. A stratovolcano has high gas content and two levels up from low and high viscosity. Magma's gas content depends on the amount of water (steam) and carbon dioxide that dissolves within the flow. Viscosity is thickness which is usually an indication of the amount of silica it contains. Mt. Etna is currently an active volcano. The magma composition of it is basaltic.
Eruption History
From 0 AD to 1669 AD Mount Etna erupted about about 60 times. From March 11 to July 15 1669 one eruption sent out almost a billion cubic yards of lava. Then from 1669- 1900 there were 26 eruptions. Mount Etna has erupted so often it has become a Greek legend.  In one of these greek legends, Hephaestus and the Cyclops used the volcano for their workshops. In another, the volcano was giant Typhon's bedroom. Beginning in 1979 Etna erupted continually for 13 years. Today, March 9 2017, is the 348 year anniversary  of Etna's 1669 eruption that killed more than 20,000 people.
Benefits to the area and an interesting story
Additional Information
The benefits to the area of Sicily by Mount Etna are the rich fertile soil on the mountain. More than 25 percent of Sicily's population lives on Etna's slopes. This fertile soil is the main source of income for the island.
Etna: The stuff of myths
By: Tamar Shiloh
An angry, ancient monster, trapped for thousands of years under the 3,315 meter high Mount Etna, periodically loses his temper and spurts out spectacular columns of fire from one of its 100 dragon heads.
February 27, 2017
Eruption At Mount Etna
Sources Used
Citations
The two main websites that I used were; www.lifescience.com/27421-mount-etna.html and www.Geology.com/volcanos/etna
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