Etna Archives

Zafferana Etnea

Posted on 14/10/2024 (21/01/2025) by Grazia Musumeci

Zafferana Etnea is “the Gateway to Etna”. This town of just over 9,000 inhabitants, located 600 meters above sea level on the eastern slopes of the volcano, is in fact the starting point for almost all excursions to Mount Etna. And it is also the place from which you can admire the most spectacular eruptions. […]

Crater Voragine: the highest peak on Etna

Posted on 07/10/2024 (22/01/2025) by Grazia Musumeci

Since September it is official, also supported by data collected “on the field”: Crater Voragine (CVOR) is now the highest peak of Mount Etna having reached 3,403 meters above sea level. A record growth that this crater obtained through a series of incredible paroxysms, spectacular and violent as typical of this vent. Its tip has […]

Mount Etna’s North-East Crater roars again

Posted on 30/09/2024 (21/01/2025) by Grazia Musumeci

By now on Mount Etna it’s a game of poker. The four summit craters all seem to be simultaneously engaged in an extraordinary (in the sense of beautiful!) activity that, in turn, involves them all. After the spectacular years, the South-East crater has gone to rest and in its place the mighty Voragine has set […]

Etna: it’s the summer show!

Posted on 15/08/2024 (22/01/2025) by Grazia Musumeci

Sixth paroxysm of the Voragine crater, now with a cadence of an eruption every 10-15 days. Mount Etna show for the summer is guaranteed and so is the joy of the tourists who are in the area in these weeks. This time the volcano has surprised everyone by making the eruption coincide with the eve […]

Voragine Crater: master and commander!

Posted on 04/08/2024 (21/01/2025) by Grazia Musumeci

The month of August opens with one of the most spectacular paroxysms seen in some years. Always him, the Voragine crater, the new surprising protagonist of Mount Etna show! After a very long period of silence and false quiet, this crater (which opened in 1945) took the stage until yesterday dominated by the young South […]