Vulcano
Vulcano is a small island in the Tyrrhenian Sea, containing one of the four active volcanos in Italy. Vulcano is the southernmost of the Aeolian Islands.
- Location: 38.4 degrees N, 15.0 degrees E
- Elevation: ca 1,600 feet (500 meters)
The older stratovolcano cones have partially collapsed in calderas . The youngest cone on the island, Vulcanello, began to form in an eruption of 183 BCE.
Vulcano has been quiet since the eruption of 1888-90.
Vulcano has contributed the words for 'volcano' in most modern languages.
