Aetna
About Aetna
Mount Etna, or simply Etna, is an active stratovolcano on the east coast of Sicily, Italy, in the Metropolitan City of Catania, between the cities of Messina and Catania. It is located 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 of 3,403 m (11,165 ft), though this varies with summit eruptions. For instance, in 2021 the southeastern crater reached a height of 3,357 m (11,014 ft), but was then surpassed by the Voragine crater after the summer 2024 eruptions.
On the show — 3 mentions total
Aetna is a really confusing place because it sounds like your child's drawing of a volcano, which is two slopes on either side, and a crater in the middle. Etna isn't really like that. There are dozens of craters.
from No Such Thing As The Paula Radcliffe Of F1 Racing, 2025-05-29 at 00:38:41 · read transcript
Other times Aetna came up
I would be so pissed off with my real estate agent if I was sold a house next to a hot spring. Only to find out it was an active volcano. You've already drawn up your star plan. They photographed it from the other side so you didn't see Aetna as a background. It was very clever. On the viewing, they kept on cunningly misdirecting you. I say, just come and have a look around here at the garage.
No Such Thing As The Paula Radcliffe Of F1 Racing, 2025-05-29 · listen
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No Such Thing As The Paula Radcliffe Of F1 Racing put 2 places on the map.
- Catania · Italy
Coordinates: 37.7508, 14.9932