Natural phenomena Volcanic eruptions

natural phenomena volcanic eruptions - Mount Slamet Mount Slamet (3,428 meters above sea level.) Is a volcano located on the island of Java. The mountain is located in the border district of Bradford, Banyumas, Purbalingga, Tegal regency, and Pemalang, Central Java Province, and is the highest in Central Java and the second highest in Java. IV is the final crater crater which is still active today, and the last active until the mid-2009 level of alert. Mount Slamet quite popular as a target known climbing despite difficult terrain. At the foot of this mountain is a tourist area that became the mainstay Baturraden Banyumas because only about 15 miles from Navan. - Mount Sinabung Mount Sinabung (Karo language: Deleng Sinabung) is a volcano in Karo Highlands, Karo, North Sumatra, Indonesia. Mount Sinabung Sibayak along nearby are two active volcanoes in North Sumatra and became the highest peak in the province. This mountain is 2,460 meters. The mountain is never recorded erupted since 1600, but suddenly active again with erupted in 2010. The last eruption of the mountain is the case since September 2013 and lasted until now. - Mount Etna Mount Etna (Italian: Etna, Sicilian: Mungibeddu or a Muntagna, Latin: Aetna) is an active stratovolcano on the east coast of Sicily, Italy, in the Province of Catania, between Messina and Catania. It lies above the convergent plate margin between the African Plate and the Eurasian Plate. It is the tallest active volcano on the European continent, currently 3,329 m (10,922 ft) high, though this varies with summit eruptions. It is the highest mountain in Italy south of the Alps. Etna covers an area of 1,190 km2 (459 sq mi) with a basal circumference of 140 km. This makes it by far the largest of the three active volcanoes in Italy, being about two and a half times the height of the next largest, Mount Vesuvius. Only Mount Teide in Tenerife surpasses it in the whole of the European–North-African region.In Greek Mythology, the deadly monster Typhon was trapped under this mountain by Zeus, the god of the sky and thunder and king of gods, and the forges of Hephaestus were said to also be located underneath it. Mount Etna is one of the most active volcanoes in the world and is in an almost constant state of activity. The fertile volcanic soils support extensive agriculture, with vineyards and orchards spread across the lower slopes of the mountain and the broad Plain of Catania to the south. Due to its history of recent activity and nearby population, Mount Etna has been designated a Decade Volcano by the United Nations. In June 2013, it was added to the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites. from : wikipedia