Vulcano Location: 38.404° N, 14.962° E Elivation: 501 m The word volcano is derived from Vulcano stratovolcano in Italy's Aeolian Island.  Vulcano was constructed during six stages during  the past 136,000 years. Two overlapping calderas,  the 2.5-km-wide Caldera del Piano on the SE and  the 4-km-wide Caldera della Fossa on the NW,  were formed at about 100,000 and 24,000-15,000  years ago, respectively, and volcanism has  migrated to the north over time. La Fossa cone,  active throughout the Holocene and the location of  most of the historical eruptions, occupies the 3-km-  wide Caldera della Fossa at the NW end of the elongated 3 x 7 km island. The Vulcanello lava platform  forms a low, roughly circular peninsula on the northern tip of Vulcano that was formed as an island  beginning in 183 BCE and was connected to Vulcano in about 1550 CE. Vulcanello is capped by three  pyroclastic cones and was active intermittently until the 16th century. The latest eruption from Vulcano  consisted of explosive activity from the Fossa cone from 1898 to 1900  (Global Volcanism Program).  Panoramas HOME click for run as a movie 7. - 9. October 2015 PHOTOS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- click on picture to enlarge