Monte Fossa delle Felci · 962 m · 20 km NNW

Volcano · Sicily

Vulcano

386 m1,266 ft

Prominence: 226 m740 ft
Isolation: 1.4 km
Tonight: 19°CCloudy · Wind 24 km/h W

Vulcano is a 386 m (1,266 ft) volcano in Sicily, Italy.

All facts

Elevation: 386 m · 1,266 ft
Nearest higher peak: Monte Fossa delle Felci (962 m)
Region: Sicily, Italy
Spanish name: Volcán Vulcano
Coordinates: 38.4032° N, 14.9657° E

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3D map

Vulcano 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 6 × 6 km

Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Vulcano terrain and contours

20 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 100 mShowing west → east through the summit

Vulcano elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Vulcano weather

Tonight · Cloudy · 19°C (66°F) · Wind 24 km/h W

Vulcano forecast for the summit, about 386 m.

Tonight19°–24 km/h W
Today17°19°4.2 mm46 km/h NW
Sun17°18°0.5 mm37 km/h NW
Mon17°18°0.1 mm17 km/h NW
Tue18°19°–18 km/h NW
Wed18°19°–22 km/h NW
Thu17°18°–14 km/h N
Fri17°17°0.9 mm9 km/h N
Sat16°17°7.0 mm24 km/h SW
Sun17°17°0.2 mm11 km/h E

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 23, 23:19 UTC.

Slope

Share of the 6 × 6 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 74% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

73.6%

Moderate, 15–30°

16.4%

Steep, 30–45°

8.1%

Cliffs, 45° and over

1.8%

Steeper than 30°: 9.9% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view: 498 m low point -3 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Water 50.1%Trees 23.4%Grassland 15.8%Shrubland 5.3%Bare rock / sparse 3.0%Built-up 1.6%Cropland 0.5%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 3 km, measured from the Vulcano summit.

Summit list 7

1Monte Molineddo313 m 1.1 km ESE
2Monte Rosso328 m 1.3 km SE
3Monte Luccia188 m 1.4 km ENE
4Il Faraglione25 m 1.5 km NNW
5Monte Saraceno482 m 1.6 km SSW
6Monte Lentia181 m 1.9 km WNW
7Vulcanello121 m 2.6 km N

Where it sits

Where Vulcano sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Rocca BusambraPeak · 1,613 m150 km WSW

Downloads

Vulcano downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGVulcano satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-08-24.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 386 m at the summit; the official height is 386 m.

A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	386 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	386 m	-0 m
Copernicus GLO-90	371 m	-15 m

Data sources

Terrain: Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Imagery: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-08-24)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
Accuracy comparison, Panorama: Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Forecast: Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources: Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · Wikipedia