volcano number: 0101-041 (according to Volcanoes of the World, 1994 edition)
location: 38.48°N, 14.94°E
Photo above: Panoramic view of the southern part of Lipari, from the summit of Monte S. Angelo, on 15 September 1995. Notable features are annotated (visible in the large ca. 150 k JPG version of the photo).
Simplified geological map of Lipari, taken from Crisci et al. (1991).
Beautifully preserved explosion crater on Monte Giardina, in the S part of Lipari. This volcano was active during the second most recent eruptive cycle on Lipari, when vents around Monte Guardia ejected major volumes of pumice and produced pyroclastic flows and rhyolitic domes. Ths cycle probably ocurred between 23 and 16 ka ago (Crisci et al. 1981). Monte Giardina initially produced a lava dome that was later truncated by an explosion which formed the 100 m diameter crater visible here.
Crater floor of Monte Pilato, the youngest volcano on Lipari, last active in the seventh or eigth century A.D. View is from the southern crater rim, at 472 m elevation, to the north. The perimeter of the obsidian dome and flow (Rocche Rosse; "Red Rocks") is outlined. Width of the crater is about 1 km. Photo taken on 11 September 1995.
The most famous products of the eruptions at Monte Pilato are its beautiful obsidians. They have aroused geologic interest for a long time also for their linear zones of devitrification (spherulite zones). This image was taken on the NW rim of Monte Pilato's crater.
Most famous place on Lipari, Quattrocchi offers a beautiful view along Lipari's SW coast towards Vulcano. "Quattrocchi" means "four eyes", assuming that only four eyes are anough to capture the amount of beauty that this view presents to the beholder. Indeed, many say that not even four eyes are enough. Photo taken on 1 October 1995.
Telezoom image of the town of Lipari, taken on 1 October 1995 from Monte S. Angelo, 3 km to the SE. The fortress hill (Acropoli) with its excvations, museum buildings, youth hostel, and cathedral, is visible in the center. Marina Corta is immediately to the right of it.
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