Stromboli is one of the eight Aeolian Islands found in the Tyrrhenian Sea, off the north coast of Sicily. The specialty of this specific island is that it is home to one of the three active volcanoes of Italy. It is also known as the “Lighthouse of the Mediterranean” visibly in height of 926m above sea level with three active craters at the top. Geologically this volcano is special because of its horseshoe shaped depression generated within the last 13,000 years which is known as the Sciara del Fuoco. There is a volcanic plug of basalt found at the Northeast part of the island which is believed that once had been an active volcano before Stromboli reached sea level around 200,000 BC.
The active centre of Stromboli shifted to Northwest side forming a cone around 700m above sea level as a result of lava flow and gradual increment of pyroclastic deposits around 50,000 BC. The Scari complex formed from the lava bombs and deposits from lahars and pyroclastic flows. This was during the Vancori period around 26000-13000BC and at the end of this, the West and Northwest part of the volcano collapsed. But soon they were re formed by the basalt lava flows while secondary eruptive centers paved the way to form the small shield Timpone Del Fuoco in the Western part of the island. But the Northwestern slope of Stromboli collapsed again forming the present day Sciara del Fuoco. This was around 10,000-5000 BC.
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