FILICUDI
Area:
9.5 sq km
Situation:
30 km W of Lipari
Highest
elevation: 774 m
Age
of volcanism:
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Zucco
Grande Formation: ca. 1.02 Ma
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Filo
del Banco Formation: 0.34 Ma
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Monte
Palmieri, Sciara, Guardia, Capo Graziano and Montagnola: 0.25-0.19 Ma
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Valle
la Fossa and La Canna: 40 ka
Notable
morphologic features:
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Monte
Fossa Felci (774 m)
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Monte
Montagnola (349 m)
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Monte
Terrione (278 m)
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Capo
Graziano (174 m)
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Monte
Guardia (145 m)
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"La
Canna" (71 m)
Residents:
about 250
Photo
above: Significantly more complex than Alicudi, Filicudi has several small
villages, a street network, and more varied volcanic centers. The highest
point is Monte Fossa Felci (named identically as Salina's highest peak)
reaching 774 m. It is the high peak visible slightly off the center to
the right. Important secondary volcanic centers are Montagnola (got it?
This name is used frequently as well in the Eolie) and Capo Graziano. The
youngest of these features is the dacitic lava dome cluster of Montagnola
(visible behind left slope of Monte Fossa delle Felci), probably extruded
some 35,000 years ago. Photo taken 30 August 1994.
Geological
and structural sketch map of Filicudi, after Manetti et al. (1995a). Click
on image to see the large (85 k) version and legend.
View
of the well-preserved lava dome complex of Monte Montagnola from the SE,
9 September 1995. The village of Pecorini lies in the area below the dome.
Monte Fossa Felci lies out of the image to the right.
View
of the village of Pecorini Mare
View
from Valdichiesa, on the E flank of the Fossa Felci complex, down towards
Filicudi Porto and the lava dome complex forming Capo Graziano, on 10 September
1995. The islands of Salina (left) and Lipari (right) are visible in the
background. View is to the SE.
