<P> Mount Etna ( or Etna ; / ˈɛtnə / ; Italian : Etna ( ˈɛtna ) or Mongibello ( mondʒiˈbɛllo ) , Sicilian : Mungibeddu ( mʊndʒɪbˈbɛɖɖʊ ) or â Muntagna , Latin : Aetna ) is an active stratovolcano on the east coast of Sicily , Italy , in the Metropolitan City of Catania , between the cities of Messina and Catania . It lies above the convergent plate margin between the African Plate and the Eurasian Plate . It is the tallest active volcano in Europe outside the Caucasus . It is currently 3,329 m ( 10,922 ft ) high , though this varies with summit eruptions . It is the highest peak in Italy south of the Alps . Etna covers an area of 1,190 km ( 459 sq mi ) with a basal circumference of 140 km . This makes it by far the largest of the three active volcanoes in Italy , being about two and a half times the height of the next largest , Mount Vesuvius . Only Mount Teide in Tenerife ( owned by Spain ) surpasses it in the whole of the European -- North - African region west of the Black Sea . In Greek Mythology , the deadly monster Typhon was trapped under this mountain by Zeus , the god of the sky and thunder and king of gods , and the forges of Hephaestus were said to also be located underneath it . </P>
<P> Mount Etna ( or Etna ; / ˈɛtnə / ; Italian : Etna ( ˈɛtna ) or Mongibello ( mondʒiˈbɛllo ) , Sicilian : Mungibeddu ( mʊndʒɪbˈbɛɖɖʊ ) or â Muntagna , Latin : Aetna ) is an active stratovolcano on the east coast of Sicily , Italy , in the Metropolitan City of Catania , between the cities of Messina and Catania . It lies above the convergent plate margin between the African Plate and the Eurasian Plate . It is the tallest active volcano in Europe outside the Caucasus . It is currently 3,329 m ( 10,922 ft ) high , though this varies with summit eruptions . It is the highest peak in Italy south of the Alps . Etna covers an area of 1,190 km ( 459 sq mi ) with a basal circumference of 140 km . This makes it by far the largest of the three active volcanoes in Italy , being about two and a half times the height of the next largest , Mount Vesuvius . Only Mount Teide in Tenerife ( owned by Spain ) surpasses it in the whole of the European -- North - African region west of the Black Sea . In Greek Mythology , the deadly monster Typhon was trapped under this mountain by Zeus , the god of the sky and thunder and king of gods , and the forges of Hephaestus were said to also be located underneath it . </P>
where is mount etna located on a map
where is mount etna located on a map
on the east coast of Sicily , Italy , in the Metropolitan City of Catania , between the cities of Messina and Catania
on the east coast of Sicily , Italy , in the Metropolitan City of Catania , between the cities of Messina and Catania