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Aetna

Shown at the company’s headquarters. It was mentioned on the show, but not as a specific place, so the pin marks its home base.

Mount Etna
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About Aetna

Mount Etna, or simply Etna, is an active stratovolcano on the east coast of Sicily, Italy, in the Metropolitan City of Catania, between the cities of Messina and Catania. It is located above the convergent plate margin between the African Plate and the Eurasian Plate. It is one of the tallest active volcanoes in Europe, and the tallest peak in Italy south of the Alps with a current height of 3,403 m (11,165 ft), though this varies with summit eruptions. For instance, in 2021 the southeastern crater reached a height of 3,357 m (11,014 ft), but was then surpassed by the Voragine crater after the summer 2024 eruptions.

On the show · 3 mentions total

Mount Etna is two miles high from sea level and is the original volcano, because Vulcan the god of the forge was said to live in it, which is why volcanoes are called volcanoes.

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More facts about Aetna

  1. Mount Etna belches out more than 7 million tons of steam, CO2 and sulfur every year.

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