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Volcano · Italy

Mount Etna

Elevation
3,344 m
#2,789
in the world
#116
in Italy

Mount Etna is a volcano in Italy, rising to 3,344 m, the 116th highest we list in Italy.

Isolation
999 km
To the nearest higher ground
Nearest town
15 km away
Type
Volcano
GeoNames feature code VLC

Where it is

Mount Etna

Mount Etna lies in Italy, in Sicily.

Key facts

Elevation
3,344 m (10,971 ft)
Surveyed elevation, GeoNames
Type
Volcano
Region
Sicily
Coordinates
37.750, 14.995

How it ranks

Among peaks in Italy
#116of 602
LargestSmallest
Among all listed peaks
#2,789of 14,616
LargestSmallest

Nearest peaks

Nearest peaks, by distance from this summit
PeakElevationDistance
Pizzo Carbonara1,979 m86 km
Montalto1,955 m93 km
Monte Cammarata1,578 m124 km
Rocca Busambra1,613 m141 km
Monte Pecoraro1,162 m146 km
Monte Cocuzzo1,541 m191 km

Nearest cities

The closest places in our city dataset to Mount Etna.

Nearest cities, by distance from this summit
CityCountryPopulationDistance
BronteItaly19,07415 km
BiancavillaItaly23,18816 km
GiarreItaly24,13817 km
AdranoItaly34,44617 km
BelpassoItaly16,31918 km

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Elevation and coordinates from GeoNames; prominence, isolation, range and first-ascent data from Wikidata. GeoNames publishes no date for elevation figures, so none is shown.