Vulcano, eponym of all volcanoes, has been intermittently active throughout historical times, and took its name from the Roman god of fire, Vulcan. Active fumaroles and deposits of yellow sulphur on the rim of the crater formed during the 1888 eruption provide a foreground for a tourist resort and harbor. They illustrate the risk developers are prepared to take in areas of obvious volcanic risk. In the middle distance is the small cone and lava shield of Vulcanello. This was originally a separate island, and the Vulcano-Vulcanello pair said to be the "Scylla and Charybdis" of Homer. Vulcanello was united to Vulcano by an eruption in the 16th century. In the background is the island of Lipari, also volcanic, but with no historic activity. (Fig. 6.12).

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