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Fun fact 4 about Mount Etna

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Ferrovia Circumetnea is a narrow-gauge railway constructed between 1889 and 1895 that runs around Mount Etna.

Mount Etna
Italy
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Mount Etna

Italy

Elevation
3,357 m
Countries
Italy
42nd tallest mountain in the world

Mount Etna, or simply Etna, is an active stratovolcano on the east coast of Sicily, Italy, in the Metropolitan City of Catania, between the cities of Messina and Catania. It is located above the convergent plate margin between the African Plate and the Eurasian Plate.

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