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Mount Etna

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active stratovolcano on the east coast of Sicily, Italy

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The geology of this island is the most interesting part of its natural history. On entering the harbour, a perfectly horizontal white band, in the face of the sea cliff, may be seen running for some miles along the coast, and at the height of about forty-five feet above the water.
Charles Darwin, Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle, Vol. 3 [of 3]
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In the central part of the island there is a spot, where steam is constantly issuing in jets from the bottom of a small ravine-like hollow, which has no exit, and which abuts against a range of trachytic mountains. The steam is emitted from several irregular fissures: it is scentless, soon blackens iron, and is of much too high temperature to be endured by the hand.
Charles Darwin, Volcanic Islands
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The view from the castle is extremely beautiful. Soracte stands out and alone in the prospect most picturesquely. It is probably a limestone mountain of the same formation as the Apennines. The volcanic region is far lower than the Apennines, and it is only the streams tearing through it, that have formed out of it hills and rocks, which, with their overhanging ledges, and other marked features of the landscape…
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Letters from Switzerland and Travels in Italy
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