Isole Eolie (Aeolian
Islands) (2000)
Italy
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The Aeolian Islands provide an outstanding record of volcanic island-building
and destruction, and ongoing volcanic phenomena.
Studied since at least the 18th century, the islands have provided the science of vulcanology with examples of two types of eruption (Vulcanian and Strombolian) and thus have featured prominently in the education of geologists for more than 200 years. The site continues to enrich the field of vulcanology.
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Stromboli, volcanic island in southern Italy, in the Tyrrhenian Sea. Stromboli is the northernmost of the seven Lipari Islands (Isole Eolie) situated off the northeast coast of Sicily. Like neighboring Vulcano, the island is made up of an active volcano. Its crater, Sciara del Fuoco, rises 926 m (3,038 ft). Molten rock from the crater burns constantly and slowly, with the surrounding sea set aglow by free-flowing lava each night. Violent eruptions of the smoking volcano are rare.
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Sources and links:
Other World Heritage Sites in Italy (on this site). Inactive links are not described on stamps. Please refer to the UNESCO-listing, section Italy for further information about such sites.
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