Mount Etna | 09 Jun 2025

Source: TH 

Mount Etna, Europe’s largest and one of the world’s most active volcanoes, has begun erupting. 

Mount Etna  

• It is located on Sicily’s east coast in the Mediterranean Sea, it is part of Italy. 

• It is a continuously active stratovolcano with five summit craters, known for explosive, effusive, and mixed eruptions. 
  • Etna has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2013. 
• Mount Etna’s eruption was initially classified as a Strombolian eruption, involving moderate gas-driven explosions due to bursting gas bubbles.  
  • However, due to its high ash plume reaching several kilometres, some experts suggest it may have been a more explosive Plinian eruption.