Gran Cratere

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Gran Cratere is the main volcanic crater and prominent summit feature of the island of Vulcano in Italy’s Aeolian archipelago.

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Gran Cratere canonical 1
Gran Cratere summit 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf natural geographic feature
summit
volcanic crater
access reachable on foot from Porto di Levante on Vulcano
administrativeTerritory Metropolitan City of Messina
Sicily
surface form: Region of Sicily
composition andesitic to basaltic-andesitic lavas
country Italy
elevation about 391 metres
approximately 1,283 feet
eruptionStyle Vulcanian
phreatomagmatic
geologicalAge Quaternary
geologicalSetting subduction-related volcanic arc
hasFeature crater rim hiking trail
fumarole fields
hydrothermal activity
steep crater walls
sulfur deposits
sulfurous gas emissions
hazard potential phreatic explosions
volcanic gas emissions
languageOfName Italian
lastEruption 1888–1890
late 19th century
locatedIn Aeolian Islands
Italy
Sicily
Tyrrhenian Sea
Vulcano
locatedOn African–Eurasian plate boundary zone
surface form: African Plate–Eurasian Plate convergent margin
meaningOfName Great Crater
monitoring Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia
surface form: monitored by Italian National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology
mountainRange Aeolian Islands volcanic province
surface form: Aeolian Islands volcanic complex
namedAfter Vulcano
near Lipari
surface form: island of Lipari

island of Salina
Stromboli
surface form: island of Stromboli
partOf Aeolian archipelago
Aeolian Arc
surface form: Aeolian volcanic arc

island of Vulcano
prominence main summit of Vulcano island
tourism popular hiking destination
viewpoint over Aeolian Islands
view panoramic views of Aeolian archipelago
panoramic views of Tyrrhenian Sea
volcanoType caldera rim
stratovolcano summit crater

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Vulcano hasHighestPoint Gran Cratere
Vulcano hasAttraction Gran Cratere
this entity surface form: Gran Cratere summit