states: [italy]
category: natural
year: 2000
location: Mediterranean Sea - Southern Tyrrhenian Sea
region: Europe and North America
latitude/longitude: 38.4878611100, 14.9455833300
visited: 2023
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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