Undersea volcano discovered near Italy

Posted on Thursday 22 June 2006 by Dave Schumaker

An underwater volcano off the shores of the Sicily coast has been discovered by researchers working in the area. Named Empedocles, the volcano spans an area of nearly 750 square kilometers and is 400 meters in height. The volcano consists of various islands and cones that stick up above the Mediterranean Sea that were initially thought to be individual volcanoes.

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