Mount Etna
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Summary
Mount Etna is a stratovolcano[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of stratovolcano entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (23,504 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Metropolitan City of Catania[3], Castiglione di Sicilia[4], Sant'Alfio[5], Zafferana Etnea[6], Nicolosi[7], Belpasso[8], Biancavilla[9], Adrano[10], Bronte[11], Maletto[12], Randazzo[13]
- Country: Italy[14]
- Instance of: tourist attraction[15], decipoint[16]
- Made from material: trachybasalt[17], tephrite[18], basanite[19], trachyandesite[20], mugearite[21], basalt[22], picrobasalt[23]
- Commons category: Mount Etna[24]
- Inception: -300000-00-00T00:00:00Z[25]
- Located in/on physical feature: Sicily[26]
- Significant event: volcanic eruption[27]
- Official website: https://www.ct.ingv.it/index.php[28]
- IPA transcription: ˈɛt.na[29]
- Topic's main category: Category:Mount Etna[30]
- Commons gallery: Etna[31]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[32], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[33], The New Student's Reference Work[34], Pauly–Wissowa[35], Desktop Encyclopedic Dictionary[36], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[37], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[38], Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[39], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[40], Small Soviet Encyclopedia[41], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[42], Meyer’s Universum, Zehnter Band[43]
- Native label: Etna[44]
- Different from: Etna[45]
- Elevation above sea level: 3357 m[46], 3345 m[47], 3290 m[48], 3274 m[49], 3403 m[50]
- Area: 19,237 ha[51]
- Topographic isolation: 998.79 km[52]
- Located in protected area: Etna Park[53]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Mount Etna include Circumetnea Railway[54], a railway line[55], in Italy[56]; Etna Park[57], a regional park[58], in Italy[59], founded in 1987[60]; 11249 Etna[61], an asteroid[62]; and Etna Island[63], an island[64].
Why It Matters
Mount Etna has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[65] It is known by 34 alternative names across languages and contexts.[66]
Entities named for it include Circumetnea Railway[54], a railway line[55], in Italy[56]; Etna Park[57], a regional park[58], in Italy[59], founded in 1987[60]; 11249 Etna[61], an asteroid[62]; and Etna Island[63], an island[64].