Mount Amiata, Italy

Mount Amiata, Italy

Mount Amiata Italy

Mount Amiata is the largest of the lava domes in the Amiata lava dome complex, located about 20 km (12 miles) northwest of Lake Bolsena in the southern Tuscany region of Italy. It lies within the provinces of Grosseto and Siena. Mount Amiata (La Vetta) is a compound lava dome with a trachytic lava flow that extends to the east and forms part of the larger Amiata complex volcano. A massive, viscous trachydacitic lava flow, about 5 km (3 miles) long and 4 km (2.5 miles) wide, is part of the basal complex and extends from beneath the southern base of the Corno de Bellaria dome. Radiometric dating indicates that the Amiata complex experienced a major eruptive episode about 300,000 years ago. No eruptions have occurred at Amiata during the Holocene, but thermal activity, including cinnabar mineralization, continues at a geothermal field near the town of Bagnore at the southwest end of the dome complex.
Recommended airport
Grosseto (GRS)
Nearby destinations
  • Grosseto a 44.80 km
  • Orvieto a 43.95 km
  • Montepulciano a 26.95 km