Location: 38.789° N, 15.213° E 10./11. March 2007 Stromboli Elevation: 926 m Lava flow Stromboli, the NE-most of the Aeolian Islands, has lent its name to the frequent mild explosive activity that has  characterized its eruptions throughout much of historical time. The small, 924-m-high island of Stromboli is the  emergent summit of a volcano that grew in two main eruptive cycles, the last of which formed the western  portion of the island. The Neostromboli eruptive period from about 13,000 to 5000 years ago was followed by  formation of the modern Stromboli edifice. The active summit vents are located at the head of the Sciara del  Fuoco, a prominent horseshoe-shaped scarp formed about 5000 years ago as a result of the most recent of a  series of slope failures that extend to below sea level. The modern volcano has been constructed within this  scarp, which funnels pyroclastic ejecta and lava flows to the NW. Essentially continuous mild strombolian  explosions, sometimes accompanied by lava flows, have been recorded at Stromboli for more than a millennium.  (Global Volcanism Program) Photos: Rolf Cosar Stromboli 11./12.03.2011 HOME click on picture