Why is a fork actually called fork? And why are volcanoes actually called volcanoes? While I do not have any reply for the first question, I have one for the second… and with a quite interesting story. The Earth currently has around 1350 potentially active volcanoes, aside from the volcanoes along the spreading centres (USGS faq); all of them are named after a single volcano, called Vulcano. Vulca ...[Read More]
Geomythology. The Sicilian Trilogy – Part II: Vulcano, Vulcan’s forge
The Island of Vulcano. The eruption of 1888-1890. November 23, 1888. (From Piccione, 2012)