The island owes its existence to the fusion of some volcanoes of which the largest is the Vulcano della Fossa, further north there is Vulcanello (123 m), connected to the rest of the island via an isthmus. In the sec. XII were separated from the waters; news of this conjunction is only known in the 16th century. Perhaps Vulcano and Vulcanello are two partial hearths of the same great volcanic hearth; the southern Monte Aria (500 m), completely inactive, which forms a vast plateau consisting of lava, tuff and Holocene alluvial deposits and Monte Saraceno (481 m).
The main volcano, to the west, seems to have formed after the extinction of the southern volcano; with very acidic lava, it generated the mountain called Vulcano della Fossa (or Gran Cratere or Cono di Vulcano), 386 m high, with very steep slopes, with an extinct crater to the north, called Forgia Vecchia. To the north-west is a recent obsidian flow of 1771, called the Cooked Stones. The active crater is located somewhat displaced to the north-west.
Although the last eruption occurred in 1888 - 1890, the volcano has never ceased to demonstrate its vitality and different phenomena are still observed: fumaroles, jets of steam both on the ridge and submarines and the presence of sulphurous mud from the appreciated therapeutic properties. To the north, numerous fumaroles continue to emit boric acid, ammonium chloride, sulfur, which feed an industrial complex for the production of sulfur. Given the toxicity of the gases emitted by the fumaroles, it is possible to approach them only if you are accompanied by authorized guides.
Island of Vulcano
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