Marsili (volcano)
The Marsili is the largest underwater volcano in Europe. It is located in the southern part of the Tyrrhenian Sea north of the Italian island of Sicily . The volcanic massif extends over an area of about 2000 km². The base of the volcano is about 3000 m and the peak about 500 m below the surface of the water.
The volcano was discovered in the 1920s and named after the Italian scientist Luigi Ferdinando Marsili .
If the volcano erupts or if there is a landslide on its flanks, tsunamis can be expected. It is therefore constantly monitored with the help of seismographs and magnetometers .
Web links
- ORION project
- Geostar: volcano monitoring in the deep sea , ORF ON Science
- Paul Kreiner: Feuerberg im Wasser , report, in: Der Tagesspiegel , November 2, 2013, p. 36
Coordinates: 39 ° 15 ' N , 14 ° 24' E