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Definition of Solfetara

Solfata`ra, a fissure or crevice in the earth which emits sulphurous and other vapours, and in regions where volcanoes have ceased to be active; they are met with in South Italy, the Antilles, Mexico, and Java.
- Wikipedia

||Sol`fa*ta"ra (?), n.[It., from solfo brimstone, sulphur, L. sulfur, E. sulphur.] (Geol.) A volcanic area or vent which yields only sulphur vapors, steam, and the like. It represents the stages of the volcanic activity.

||Sol`fa*ta"ra (?), n.[It., from solfo brimstone, sulphur, L. sulfur, E. sulphur.] (Geol.) A volcanic area or vent which yields only sulphur vapors, steam, and the like. It represents the stages of the volcanic activity.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

  • an area of volcanic activity that gives off sulfurous steam


Solfatara


    Italian
  • a shallow volcanic crater, part of the Campi Flegrei, at Pozzuoli, near Naples
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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