Researchers hail ‘very important discovery’ that sheds light on unexplored Italian seabed
After a weeks-long deepsea expedition, researchers from several universities around the world have discovered three underwater volcanoes off Sicily’s south-west coast – although they are unsure if they are active.
According to scientists, the newly discovered volcanoes are at least 6km wide and rise more than 150 metres above the surrounding seabed. They join a series of other volcanic cones discovered in 2019 by the National Institute of Oceanography and Experimental Geophysics (OGS) in the marine area between Mazara del Vallo in the Sicilian province of Trapani and Sciacca, a town in Agrigento.
