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Housing Units (2000): 46
Land area (2000): 0.081903 sq. miles (0.212128 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.081903 sq. miles (0.212128 sq. km)
FIPS code: 51408
Located within: Indiana (IN), FIPS 18
Location: 40.741794 N, 85.561263 W
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Mount Etna
Wikipedia
Mount Etna (; or Mongibello , or â Muntagna, ) is an active stratovolcano on the east coast of Sicily, Italy, in the Province of Catania, between 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, currently high, though this varies with summit eruptions. It is the highest mountain in Italy south of the Alps. Etna covers an area of 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 surpasses it in the whole of the European–North-African region. 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.
Mount Etna is one of the most active volcanoes in the world and is in an almost constant state of activity. The fertile volcanic soils support extensive agriculture, with vineyards and orchards spread across the lower slopes of the mountain and the broad Plain of Catania to the south. Due to its history of recent activity and nearby population, Mount Etna has been designated a Decade Volcano by the United Nations. In June 2013, it was added to the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
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When tradition made Mount Etna the abode of Hephaestus he was given the Cyclopes as companions.
Our Roman path lay under the purple shadow of Mount Etna so that we felt winter’.
With Messina as its ultimate objective, the Eighth Army was to advance northward on either side of Mount Etna.
Typhon was, however, eventually defeated and buried under Mount Etna, the largest and most fearsome volcano known to the ancient world.
Briefly, the designated area, Area T, is on the northwest slopes of Mount Etna, above the tree line---that is to say between the altitudes of two thousand and three thousand meters.
Briefly, the designated area, Area T, is on the northwest slopes of Mount Etna, above the tree line–.
The British only went ashore with one battalion, near Taormina north of Mount Etna.
We even took an excursion to the eastern end of the island where Mount Etna smokes into the sky.
Through the big windows of the lounge, he watched as Sicily came into view, first the craters of Mount Etna, then Palermo itself, nestled beneath the limestone bulk of Monte Pellegrino that tapered off into a plateau at sea level.