{"id":16995,"date":"2023-11-15T02:54:27","date_gmt":"2023-11-14T21:24:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=16995"},"modified":"2025-04-05T01:26:45","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T19:56:45","slug":"mount-etna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/mount-etna\/","title":{"rendered":"Mount Etna"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>About Mount Etna<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is\u00a0Europe\u2019s most active volcano and one of the\u00a0largest in the world.<\/li>\n<li>Its recorded volcanic activity dates back to 1500 B.C.<\/li>\n<li>It is on the eastern\u00a0coast of Sicily.<\/li>\n<li>It is the highest Mediterranean island mountain and the\u00a0most active stratovolcano in the world.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>It is about 3,326 metres high and is the highest peak\u00a0in Italy South of the Alps.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>What are volcanoes?<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Volcanoes are openings, or vents where lava, tephra (small rocks), and steam erupt onto the Earth\u2019s surface.<\/li>\n<li>These\u00a0can be on land and in the ocean.<\/li>\n<li>They are, in part, a result of their own eruptions but also the general formation of our planet, as tectonic plates move.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>What is a stratovolcano?<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is also called a\u00a0composite volcano.<\/li>\n<li>This volcanic landform is characterized by a conical shape\u00a0formed by layers of volcanic\u00a0material deposited during successive volcanic eruptions.<\/li>\n<li>These volcanoes tend to slope gently at the base but rise quickly near the summit to form tall mountain peaks.<\/li>\n<li>They are typically\u00a0found above subduction zones, and they are often part of large volcanically active regions, such as the Ring of Fire that frames much of the Pacific Ocean.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1) What are Alps?<\/h3>\n<p>The Alps are a majestic mountain range in Europe, stretching across eight countries: France, Switzerland, Italy, Monaco, Liechtenstein, Austria, Germany, and Slovenia. They&#8217;re renowned for their stunning landscapes, rich biodiversity, and popular recreational activities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/explained\/explained-sci-tech\/mount-etna-lava-eruption-volcanoes-explained-9026467\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>Mount Etna erupts: Why some volcanoes just keep spewing lava<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mount Etna is Europe\u2019s most active volcano and one of the largest in the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":16996,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-16995","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16995","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16995"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16995\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}