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Mamma
Etna's countless children |
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If
Monte Fusaro, about 0.9 km to the SSE, is a modest-sized cone, then Monte
Nocilla is only a shadow of the cone that it once was. Buried nearly to
its crater rims by more recent lavas (mainly of 1886),
there is very little of this cone which merits to be called "monte"
(mountain). Only its eastern crater rim rises about 20 m above the surroundings,
and this is the maximum height of the cone. In contrast, its crater, which
so far has escaped from being invaded by more recent lavas, lies nearly
40 m below the east rim and thus below the general elevation of the surrounding
terrain. The crater and its rims are covered with forest and certainly
it is a prehistoric feature. |
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Copyright © Boris Behncke, "Italy's Volcanoes: The Cradle of Volcanology" |
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