List of volcanoes in Italy
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This is a list of active and extinct volcanoes in Italy
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Italy
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| Name | Elevation | Location | Last eruption | |
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| Alicudi Alicudi Alicudi is the westernmost of the eight islands that make up the Aeolian archipelago, a volcanic island chain north of Sicily. The island is about 40 km west of Lipari, has a total area of 5.2 km², and is roughly circular-shaped. It is located at .... |
675 | 2215 | 38.53°N 14.36°E | 50000 BC |
| Amiata | 1738 | 5702 | 42.90°N 11.63°E | Pleistocene |
| Campi Flegrei Campi Flegrei The Phlegraean Fields, also known as Campi Flegrei, , is a large wide caldera situated to the west of Naples, Italy. It was declared a regional park in 2003. Lying mostly underwater, the area comprises 24 craters and volcanic edifices. Hydrothermal activity can be observed at Lucrino, Agnano and... |
458 | 1503 | 40.827°N 14.139°E | 1538 |
| Campi Flegrei Mar Sicilia Campi Flegrei Mar Sicilia Campi Flegrei del Mar di Sicilia is a field of submarine volcanoes located south-west of Sicily. It includes the vent of Ferdinandea, otherwise known as Graham Island, which erupted and emerged above sea level in 1831, and encompasses a larger volcano known as Empedocles. The last recorded eruption... |
-8 | -26 | 37.10°N 12.70°E | 1911 |
| Alban Hills Alban Hills The Alban Hills are the site of a quiescent volcanic complex in Italy, located southeast of Rome and about north of Anzio.The dominant peak is Monte Cavo. There are two small calderas which contain lakes, Lago Albano and Lake Nemi... (Colli Albani) |
950 | 3113 | 41.73°N 12.70°E | 5000 BC |
| Cimini Hills Cimini Hills The Monti Cimini, in English: Cimini Hills, are a range of densely wooded volcanic hills approximately 35 miles north-west of Rome. They are part of the Antiapennine range, facing the Apennines main range towards the Tyrrhenian Sea. They are situated in the centre of Tuscia Viterbese, the highest... (monti Cimini) |
- | - | - | 800000 BC |
| Mount Etna Mount Etna Mount Etna is an active stratovolcano on the east coast of Sicily, close to Messina and Catania. It is the tallest active volcano in Europe, currently standing high, though this varies with summit eruptions; the mountain is 21 m higher than it was in 1981.. It is the highest mountain in... |
3329 | 10922 | 37.73°N 15.00°E | 2011 |
| Ferdinandea Ferdinandea Ferdinandea is a submerged volcanic island which forms part of the underwater volcano Empedocles, south of Sicily, and which is one of a number of submarine volcanoes known as the Campi Flegrei del Mar di Sicilia. Currently a seamount, eruptions have raised it above sea level several times... |
Submarine (-6) | - | - | 1831 |
| Filicudi Filicudi Filicudi is one of eight islands that make up the Aeolian archipelago, situated 20–30 miles northeast of the island of Sicily. It is a frazione of the comune of Lipari.-Geography:... |
774 | 2539 | 38.58°N 14.58°E | 35000 BC |
| Monte Lauro Monte Lauro Mount Lauro is a mountain reaching 986 metres located in south-eastern Sicily belonging to the chain of Hyblaean Mountains, stretching between three provinces of Catania, Ragusa and Siracusa... |
986 | 3117 | 37.734°N 15.004°E | Pleistocene |
| Ischia Ischia Ischia is a volcanic island in the Tyrrhenian Sea. It lies at the northern end of the Gulf of Naples, about 30 km from the city of Naples. It is the largest of the Phlegrean Islands. Roughly trapezoidal in shape, it measures around 10 km east to west and 7 km north to south and has... |
789 | 2589 | 40.73°N 13.98°E | 1302 |
| Larderello Larderello Larderello is a frazione of the comune of Pomarance, in Tuscany in central Italy. It is a geologically active area, renowned for its geothermal productivity.- Geography :... |
500 | 1640 | 43.25°N 10.87°E | 1282 |
| Linosa Linosa Linosa is one of the Pelagie Islands in the Sicily Channel of the Mediterranean Sea. It is a frazione of the comune of Lampedusa e Linosa, part of the province of Agrigento, Sicily, Italy. It has a population of 450 inhabitants.-Geography:... |
195 | 640 | 35.88°N 12.38°E | - |
| Lipari Lipari Lipari is the largest of the Aeolian Islands in the Tyrrhenian Sea off the north coast of Sicily, and the name of the island's main town. It has a permanent population of 11,231; during the May–September tourist season, its population may reach up to 20,000.... |
602 | 1975 | 38.48°N 14.95°E | 729 |
| Panarea Panarea Panarea is the second smallest of the eight Aeolian Islands, a volcanic island chain north of Sicily. It is a frazione of the comune of Lipari. There are currently about 280 residents living on the island year-round; however the population increases dramatically in summer with the influx of... |
421 | 1381 | 38.63°N 15.07°E | 8000 BC |
| Pantelleria Pantelleria Pantelleria , the ancient Cossyra, is an Italian island in the Strait of Sicily in the Mediterranean Sea, southwest of Sicily and just east of the Tunisian coast. Administratively Pantelleria is a comune belonging to the Sicilian province of Trapani... |
836 | 2743 | 36.77°N 12.02°E | 1891 |
| Roccamonfina Roccamonfina Roccamonfina is a comune in the Province of Caserta in the Italian region Campania, located about 60 km northwest of Naples and about 40 km northwest of Caserta.... |
1005 | 3297 | 41.3°N 14.9°E | 50000-650000 years ago |
| Sabatini complex Sabatini, Italy The Monti Sabatini are a geologic region in Lazio, central Italy, a remnant of intense volcanism which started ca. 600,000 years ago, mainly with pyroclastic and maar forming eruptions which continued until 100,000 years ago. They are part of the Lazio's Anti-Apennines... |
612 | 2008 | 42.5°N 12.5°E | 40000 BC |
| Salina Salina Island Salina is an island in the Aeolian Islands north of Sicily, southern Italy. It is the second largest island in the archipelago.Salina is divided between three comuni: Santa Marina on the eastern coast, Malfa to the north, and Leni to the south-west. From Leni down towards the sea are the villages... |
965 | 3166 | 38.635°N 14.877°E | 11000 BC |
| Stromboli Stromboli Stromboli is a small island in the Tyrrhenian Sea, off the north coast of Sicily, containing one of the three active volcanoes in Italy. It is one of the eight Aeolian Islands, a volcanic arc north of Sicily. This name is a corruption of the Ancient Greek name Strongulē which was given to it... |
926 | 3038 | 38.79°N 15.21°E | 2010 |
| Ustica Ustica Ustica is the name of a small island, about 9 km across, situated 52 km north of Capo Gallo, Italy in the Tyrrhenian Sea... |
239 | 784 | 38.72°N 13.20°E | 150000 BC |
| Marsili Marsili Marsili is a large undersea volcano in the Tyrrhenian Sea, about south of Naples. The seamount is about 3,000 meters tall; its peak and crater are about 450 meters below the sea surface... |
Submarine 3000 m (-500 m) | - | ||
| Montecristo Montecristo Montecristo is a small Italian islet, approximately 4.3 kilometers across at its widest point, located about halfway between Corsica and mainland Italy; south of Elba and west of Giglio. It is part of the Tuscan Archipelago... |
645 | 2116 | 42.34°N 10.32°E | - |
| Mount Vesuvius Mount Vesuvius Mount Vesuvius is a stratovolcano in the Gulf of Naples, Italy, about east of Naples and a short distance from the shore. It is the only volcano on the European mainland to have erupted within the last hundred years, although it is not currently erupting... |
1281 | 4203 | 40.82°N 14.43°E | 1944 |
| Vico Vico Vico or de Vico may refer to:* Francesco de Vico, Italian astronomer* Francesco Vico, Baroque painter from Milan* Giambattista Vico, Italian philosopher, historian, and jurist* Prefetti di Vico, Italian noble family... |
965 | 3120 | 95000 BC | |
| Vulcano Vulcano thumb| The Gran Cratere. A sense of scale is provided by the tourist visible near the centre of the crater.thumb|right|250px|View of Vulcano from the island of Lipari. The green islet centre left is Vulcanello, which is connected to Vulcano by an isthmus... |
500 | 1640 | 38°24′13"N 14°57′42"E | 1890 |
| Vulcanello | 123 | 404 | 38.404°N 14.962°E | 1550 |
| Vulsini Vulsini Vulsini, also known as Volsini volcano, Vulsini Volcanic District, Vulsini Volcanic Complex and the Vulsinian District, is a circular region of intrusive igneous rock in Lazio, Italy, about to the north northwest of Rome, containing a cluster of calderas known to have been active in recent... |
800 | 2625 | 42.60°N 11.93°E | 104 BC |
| Monte Vulture Monte Vulture Mount Vulture is an extinct volcano located 56 km north of the city Potenza in the Basilicata region . As a prominent landmark it gave its name to the Vulture region, the most significant viticultural zone in Basilicata growing the DOC wine Aglianico del Vulture.With a height of 1326 m, it is... |
1326 | 4350 | - | 40000 BC |