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What tectonic plate is Mount Etna on?

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Learn about the history, geology and plate tectonics of Mount Etna, a volcano in Italy. read more

Mount Etna is an unusual volcano in that most of the world's volcanoes occur on constructive and destructive plate boundaries while Etna is formed on a unique boundary between two continental plates, the European and the African plates, which are pushing towards each other due to convection currents in the mantle beneath the Earth's crust, and will eventually eliminate the Mediterranean. read more

Mount Etna: Plate Tectonic Setting. Mount Etna is associated with the subduction of the African plate under the Eurasian plate, which also produced Vesuvius and Campi Flegrei, but is part of a different volcanic arc (the Calabrian rather than Campanian). read more

Mount Etna is located at the Anatolian Plate and the Eurasian Plate. hiyah ppl. read more

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Mount Etna Volcano, Italy: Map, Facts, Eruption Pictures
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