1 9 7 4 ▁in ▁women ' s ▁athlet ics <0x0A> </s> ▁Mount ▁Et na , ▁or ▁Et na ▁( ▁ ▁or ▁ ▁; ▁▁ ▁or ▁; ▁; ▁), ▁is ▁an ▁active ▁strat ov ol cano ▁on ▁the ▁east ▁coast ▁of ▁Sic ily , ▁Italy , ▁in ▁the ▁Metropolitan ▁City ▁of ▁Cat ania , ▁between ▁the ▁cities ▁of ▁Mess ina ▁and ▁Cat ania . ▁It ▁lies ▁above ▁the ▁conver gent ▁plate ▁margin ▁between ▁the ▁African ▁Pl ate ▁and ▁the ▁E uras ian ▁Pl ate . ▁It ▁is ▁the ▁highest ▁active ▁vol cano ▁in ▁Europe ▁outside ▁the ▁C au cas us ▁and ▁the ▁highest ▁peak ▁in ▁Italy ▁south ▁of ▁the ▁Al ps ▁with ▁a ▁current ▁height ▁of ▁, ▁though ▁this ▁var ies ▁with ▁sum mit ▁er u ptions . ▁Et na ▁covers ▁an ▁area ▁of ▁ ▁with ▁a ▁bas al ▁circum ference ▁of ▁. ▁This ▁makes ▁it ▁by ▁far ▁the ▁largest ▁of ▁the ▁three ▁active ▁vol cano es ▁in ▁Italy , ▁being ▁about ▁two ▁and ▁a ▁half ▁times ▁the ▁height ▁of ▁the ▁next ▁largest , ▁Mount ▁V es u vi us . ▁Only ▁Mount ▁Te ide ▁on ▁T ener ife ▁in ▁the ▁Can ary ▁Islands ▁sur pass es ▁it ▁in ▁the ▁whole ▁of ▁the ▁European – N orth - A fr ican ▁region ▁west ▁of ▁the ▁Black ▁Sea . ▁In ▁Greek ▁myth ology , ▁the ▁dead ly ▁mon ster ▁Ty phon ▁was ▁tra pped ▁under ▁this ▁mountain ▁by ▁Ze us , ▁the ▁god ▁of ▁the ▁sky ▁and ▁th under ▁and ▁king ▁of ▁gods ,