Sciara del Fuoco is a talus scree or depression located on Stromboli Island in

Italy Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b ...

. It runs along the island's northern flank and is bounded by two

ridge A ridge is a long, narrow, elevated geomorphologic landform, structural feature, or a combination of both separated from the surrounding terrain by steep sides. The sides of a ridge slope away from a narrow top, the crest or ridgecrest, wi ...

s. It now serves as a major

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on the island.

Formation

Stromboli sciara del fuoco in september 2014

Sciara del Fuoco was formed as a result of a sector collapse around 5,000 years ago. Due to this, it is sometimes referred to as a scar. It was formed by

lava Lava is molten or partially molten rock (magma) that has been expelled from the interior of a terrestrial planet (such as Earth) or a Natural satellite, moon onto its surface. Lava may be erupted at a volcano or through a Fissure vent, fractu ...

lapilli Lapilli (: lapillus) is a size classification of tephra, which is material that falls out of the air during a volcanic eruption or during some meteorite impacts. ''Lapilli'' is Latin for "little stones". By definition lapilli range from in dia ...

, and incandescent waste.

References

Volcanoes of Italy Stromboli Sector collapses {{Europe-geologic-formation-stub