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
Etna (sternwheeler) bore and stroke of . In December 1912, Etna Transportation Company, owners of "Etna", bought an electric generator to install on the steamer. Electric lights were made necessary because of the increased level of traffic on the river required the steamer to operate during darkness, particularly in the winter when the days were shorter. Horace Campbell planned to use "Etna" on the Lewis River route in conjunction with the sternwheeler "Mascot". Logging camps and mills up the Lewis river depended on shallow-draft steamers like "Etna" to bring in supplies. "Etna" also carried passengers. In June 1910, when low water barred