Mount Etna Mount Etna Mount Etna, or Etna ( or ; or ; ), 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 highest active volcano in Europe outside the Caucasus. It is currently high, though this varies with summit eruptions. It is the highest peak in Italy south of the Alps. Etna covers an area of with a basal circumference of . This makes it by far the
Italian cruiser Etna by four QF 6-inch guns, two on each side amidships. "Etna" was built by the Castellammare shipyard; her keel was laid down on 19 January 1883 and her completed hull was launched on 26 September 1885. After fitting-out work was finished, she was commissioned into the Italian fleet on 3 December 1887. "Etna" served in the "Squadra Permamente" (Permanent Squadron) from her commissioning to 1893 and then served in North and South American waters until the end of 1895. During this period, "Etna" and the protected cruisers and represented Italy at the international naval review in New York, held at