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Island, New Caledonia.
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Italian:
Isola Vulcano
Greek:
Hiera
Latin:
Vulcana
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Vulcano Island
Vulcano Island Vulcano Island, the Eolie Islands, Italy.

Vulcano Island

island, Italy
Also known as: Hiera, Isola Vulcano, Vulcana
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Vulcano Island, southernmost of the Eolie Islands, in the Tyrrhenian Sea (of the Mediterranean), off northeastern Sicily. It is administered as part of northern Sicily, southern Italy. Vulcano has an area of 8 square miles (21 square km). Although the last major eruptions were in 1888–90, fumaroles of sulfurous vapour testify to continuous volcanic activity, and its Gran Cratere is still active. See also Eolie Islands.

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