Mount Etna and an unusual cloud formation, viewed from the Excelsior Palace Hotel, Taormina, Sicily. Mount Etna is an active stratovolcano on the east coast of Sicily, Italy, between the cities of Messina and Catania. It lies above the convergent plate margin between the African Plate and the Eurasian Plate. It is one of the tallest active volcanoes in Europe, and the tallest peak in Italy south of the Alps with a current height (July 2021) of 3,357 m (11,014 ft), though this varies with summit eruptions. [Wikipedia]