Vulcano

Vulcano is one of the . Famous for its mud baths, the island literally smells like rotten eggs. Odor or no odor, it's an interesting place to visit for the traveler interested in geology and hiking, not to mention soaking in some rays on the beaches.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: small volcanic island north of Sicily
  • Also known as: “Hiera”, “Therasía”, “Thermessa”, “Thérmessa”, “Volcanus”, “Vulcanello”, “Vulkano”, “Θέρμεσσα”, “Гиера”, “Фермисса”, and “불카노 산”
  • Historically known as: “Volcano Island”
Photo: Denis Barthel, Public domain.

Places of Interest

Highlights: Vulcano and Scoglio delle Sirene.

Volcano
Photo: Carsten Steger, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a complex stratovolcano in the Mediterranean.

Islet
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 3.0.
is an islet.

Vulcano

Latitude
38.3995° or 38° 23′ 58″ north
Longitude
14.9716° or 14° 58′ 18″ east
Population
715
Elevation
272 metres (892 feet)
Open location code
8FCP9XXC+QJ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 300808281
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
2522705
Wiki­data ID
Q207323
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Venetian—“Vulcano” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جزيرة البركان”
  • Arabic: “فولكانو”
  • Asturian: “islla Vulcano”
  • Basque: “Vulcano”
  • Belarusian: “Востраў Вулкана”
  • Belarusian: “Вулкана”
  • Belarusian: “Вулькана”
  • Breton: “Vulcano”
  • Bulgarian: “Вулкано”
  • Catalan: “Vulcano”
  • Cebuano: “Isola Vulcano”
  • Chinese: “武尔卡诺岛”
  • Chinese: “武爾卡諾島”
  • Corsican: “Vulcanu”
  • Croatian: “Vulcano”
  • Czech: “Vulcano”
  • Danish: “Vulcano”
  • Dutch: “Vulcano”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبل فولكانو”
  • Esperanto: “Vulcano”
  • Estonian: “Vulcano”
  • Finnish: “Vulcano”
  • French: “Vulcano”
  • Galician: “Illa Vulcano”
  • Georgian: “ვულკანო”
  • German: “Vulcano”
  • Greek: “Βουλκάνο”
  • Hebrew: “וולקנו”
  • Hungarian: “Vulcano”
  • Indonesian: “Vurcanu”
  • Irish: “Vulcano”
  • Italian: “isola di Vulcano”
  • Italian: “Isola di Vulcano”
  • Italian: “Isola Vulcano”
  • Japanese: “ヴルカーノ島”
  • Korean: “불카노섬”
  • Ladin: “Vulcano”
  • Latin: “Vulcanus”
  • Latvian: “Vulkano sala”
  • Latvian: “Vulkāno”
  • Lithuanian: “Vulkanas”
  • Macedonian: “Вулкано”
  • Maltese: “Vulcano”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Vulcano”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Vulcano”
  • Norwegian: “Vulcano”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Vulcano”
  • Persian: “وولکانو”
  • Polish: “Vulcano”
  • Portuguese: “Vulcano (vulcão da Sicília)”
  • Portuguese: “Vulcano”
  • Romanian: “Vulcano”
  • Russian: “Вулькано”
  • Scots: “Vulcano”
  • Serbian: “Вулкано”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Vulcano”
  • Sicilian: “Vurcanu”
  • Slovak: “Vulcano”
  • Slovenian: “Vulcano”
  • Spanish: “Isla Vulcano”
  • Swedish: “Vulcano”
  • Turkish: “Vulcano Adası”
  • Turkish: “Vulcano”
  • Ukrainian: “Вулькано”
  • Venetian: “isola de Vulcano”

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