Jared

**Volcano Assignment due Friday, June 1st:**
====Find a real life example of a type of volcano.==== ====Find your name on the right and post a picture with at least 5 pieces of information about your volcano.====

Include the type of volcano.
====Include the type of plate boundary the volcano exists on (divergent, convergent, hot spot...)==== ====Include which tectonic plates are involved with this volcano.====

__Mount Etna__

-Sicily Italy

-type: active statovolcano

-boundary: convergent plate

-tectonic plates involved: margin between the African Plate and the Eurasian Plate

-it is the tallest volcano on the european continent (3329m)

- In Greek Mythology, the deadly monster Typhon was trapped under this mountain by Zeus

-Mount Etna is one of the most active volcanoes in the world and is in an almost constant state of activity

-The fertile volcanic soils support extensive agriculture

-age of rock 500,000 years  