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Mamma
Etna's countless children |
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Among
the numerous pyroclastic cones that lie around the town of Nicolosi on
the south flank of Mount Etna, Monte S. Nicola (also known as Monte S.
Nicolò) is one of the less conspicuous. It is a broad, low cone
truncated by a large summit crater with a diameter of 250-280 m. Its relative
height above the surrounding landscape ranges from 30 m on the north side
to more than 80 m on the south side. The crater rim is highest on the
east side, and lowest on the northwest and south sides. The flat crater
floor is used by local young people as a racing ground. |
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Copyright © Boris Behncke, "Italy's Volcanoes: The Cradle of Volcanology" |
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