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Country: | Italy | |
| Subregion Name: | Italy | ||
| Volcano Number: | 0101001A | ||
| Volcano Type: | Lava domes | ||
| Volcano Status: | Pleistocene-Fumarolic | ||
| Last Known Eruption: | Pleistocene | ||
| Summit Elevation: | 1738 m | 5,702 feet | |
| Latitude: | 42.90°N | 42°54'0"N | |
| Longitude: | 11.63°E | 11°38'0"E | |
| Amiata is a lava dome complex located about 20 km NW of Lake Bolsena in the southern Tuscany region of Italy. The 1738-m-high trachydacitic domes and associated lava flows were erupted along regional ENE-WSW-trending faults. The largest of the domes is 1738-m-high Monte Amiata (La Vetta), the 2nd highest volcano in Italy and a compound lava dome with a trachytic lava flow that extends to the east. A massive viscous trachydacitic lava flow, 5 km long and 4 km wide, is part of the basal complex and extends from beneath the southern base of Corno de Bellaria dome. Radiometric dates indicate that the Amiata complex had a major eruptive episode about 300,000 years ago. No eruptive activity has occurred at Amiata during the Holocene, but thermal activity including cinnabar mineralization continues at a producing geothermal field near the town of Bagnore, at the SW end of the dome complex. | |||
