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    Campi Flegrei del Mar di Sicilia

    Volcanic field · -8 m · Italy

    Campi Flegrei del Mar di Sicilia
    Photo: Constant Prévost and a French artist. · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

    Campi Flegrei del Mar di Sicilia sits on the African Plate, in a rift zone. 8 eruptions are known since the end of the last ice age, the most recent in 1867.

    Elevation
    -8 m
    Type
    Volcanic field
    Tectonic Setting
    Rift zone, continental crust
    Dominant Rock
    Trachybasalt / Tephrite Basanite
    Plate
    African Plate
    Country
    Italy
    Last Eruption
    1867
    Known Eruptions (Holocene)
    8
    Max. Explosivity (VEI)
    3

    Nearby Cities

    Cities of more than 20,000 people within 100 km.

    Eruption Timeline

    Each bar is an eruption; its height shows its explosivity (VEI 0 to 8).

    253 BCE1632 · VEI 01701 · VEI 21831 · VEI 31846 · VEI 21863 · VEI 21867 · VEI 01911 · VEI 1 VEI 2VEI 4VEI 6 253 BCE1500180019002000

    Eruption Uncertain Date

    Sources : Global Volcanism Program, 2026. Volcanoes of the World (v. 5.4.0; 7 Aug 2026), Smithsonian Institution, doi:10.5479/si.GVP.VOTW5-2026.5.4 (volcano.si.edu) · NOAA NCEI · USGS · Wikidata