Etna Lava Tubes Project was born with the aim of spreading knowledge of little-known or unpublished Etna caves. Natural phenomena among the most fascinating of our volcano. Many texts report that on Etna there are at least 260 known caves. In reality the formation of lava tubes is very common and the number of caves is destined to increase considerably. Below we report a census of little-known caves - for which information is not available elsewhere - or unpublished discovered by our team in particular by the founders of EtnaExcursion.it Dario & Paolo Teri. During an exploratory campaign that began "for fun" in 2018 and still (April 2023), about 70 have been found, not considered in the general count indicated above. Here we report only those considered most interesting from a naturalistic point of view. For the caves already surveyed we recommend a visit to EtnaNatura.it and Mungibeddu.it
Nearest known location: Altomontana Track, Monte Vituddi
Exploration: Only visitable with helmet and lights.
Detected by: Dario Teri (on 19.10.2021/XNUMX/XNUMX)
Notified to the relevant municipality on \\
The Tsunami cave takes this singular name from the morphology of a lava sheet, probably the side of a wall of the lava channel that originated it, which has the shape of a wave. The cavity has a short development of about ten meters, however a longer channel is noted on the same eruptive axis where more small caves have been detected, of relative interest. In the part where a collapse of the vault occurred there is a hole from which you can access a small room of 4/5 square meters and about a couple of meters high that can serve as a refuge.
Dario Teri October 19, 2021 Unseen & Little-Known Etna Caves No Responses
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16th August 2023 – On August 14th there was a paroxysm (a “lightning” eruption) from the summit craters which has already ended. Everything falls within the normal Etna phenomena. There is no danger for the population and visitors. The excursions are taking place regularly. GO TO NEWS