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Mount Etna Plate Boundary

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I am from Sicily, an island in the Mediterranean Sea, and also in the Tyrrhenian Sea, between Europa and Africa plate boundary. It links the African Maghreb ides with the Southern Apennines across Calabria, Italy. In Sicily you can find the highest and most active volcano of Europe, Mount Etna, Catania. Its elevation is 3.330 m. (10,925 ft.), it’s a Stratovolcano, which means that its volcanic cone is formed by layers of lava flows and pyroclastic, or composite cone. Geologist are still studying Mount Etna plate tectonic setting to explain its location and eruption. In the picture it shows how Mount Etna is situated above a subduction zone where the Eurasian and African plates collide. You can also see a torn part of the African subduction

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