Island of Stromboli

Province: Messina

Municipality: Lípari

Area: 12.6sq.km/4.9sq.mi

Altitude: 924m/3,032

Population: 650

Communications

Shipping links with Milazzo, Naples and Lipari; hydrofoils to Milazzo.

Location and importance

Stromboli, the Isola di Fuoco (Island of Fire) in the extreme northeast of the Aeolian Islands is famous for the fact that it has the only still active volcano on the archipelago - the mountain known as the "Torch of the Sea" which, since time immemorial, has acted as a giant lighthouse to guide sailors at night. The peak of the mountain is the Serra Vancura (924m/3,032ft), while the eruptions actually occur at a height of about 700m/2,300ft. The latest large eruptions were in