Stromboli
Elevation: 924m
Latitude: 38.789°N
Longitude: 15.213°N
Spectacular incandescent nighttime explosions at this volcano have long attracted visitors to the
"Lighthouse of the Mediterranean." Stromboli, the NE-most of the Aeolian Islands, has lent its name
to the frequent mild explosive activity that has characterized its eruptions throughout much of
historical time. The small, 924-m-high island is the emergent summit of a volcano that grew in two
main eruptive cycles, the last of which formed the western portion of the island. The Neostromboli
eruptive period from about 13,000 to 5000 years ago was followed by formation of the modern
Stromboli edifice. The active summit vents are located at the head of the Sciara del Fuoco, a
prominent horseshoe-shaped scarp formed about 5000 years ago as a result of the most recent of
a series of slope failures that extend to below sea level. The modern volcano has been constructed
within this scarp, which funnels pyroclastic ejecta and lava flows to the NW. Essentially continuous
mild strombolian explosions, sometimes accompanied by lava flows, have been recorded for more
than a millennium (Global Volcanism Program).
click on photos to enlarge
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Stromboli, Sept. 1983
September 1983
Elevation: 924m
Latitude: 38.789°N
Longitude: 15.213°N
Spectacular incandescent nighttime explosions at this volcano have long attracted visitors to the
"Lighthouse of the Mediterranean." Stromboli, the NE-most of the Aeolian Islands, has lent its name
to the frequent mild explosive activity that has characterized its eruptions throughout much of
historical time. The small, 924-m-high island is the emergent summit of a volcano that grew in two
main eruptive cycles, the last of which formed the western portion of the island. The Neostromboli
eruptive period from about 13,000 to 5000 years ago was followed by formation of the modern
Stromboli edifice. The active summit vents are located at the head of the Sciara del Fuoco, a
prominent horseshoe-shaped scarp formed about 5000 years ago as a result of the most recent of
a series of slope failures that extend to below sea level. The modern volcano has been constructed
within this scarp, which funnels pyroclastic ejecta and lava flows to the NW. Essentially continuous
mild strombolian explosions, sometimes accompanied by lava flows, have been recorded for more
than a millennium (Global Volcanism Program).
click on photos to enlarge
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Stromboli, Sept. 1983
September 1983