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Santorini (Greek: Σαντορίνη, romanized: Santoríni, pronounced [sa(n)doˈrini]), officially Thira (Greek: Θήρα, romanized: Thíra, pronounced) and Classical Greek Thera (/ ˈ θ ɪər ə /), is an island in the southern Aegean Sea, about 200 km (120 mi) southeast from the Greek mainland.
- OIA
Oia is a scenic village on the north west edge of the...
- Santorini (Thira) International Airport
Santorini (Thira) International Airport (Greek: Διεθνής...
- Fira
Firá (Greek: Φηρά, pronounced , official name Φηρά - Thira)...
- Akrotiri
Akrotiri has been excavated since 1967 after earlier...
- Athinios
Athinios port or simply Athinios (Greek: Αθηνιός) is the...
- Minoan Eruption
The Minoan eruption was a catastrophic volcanic eruption...
- Ms Sea Diamond
MS Sea Diamond was a cruise ship operated by Louis Hellenic...
- Nea Kameni
Nea Kameni is a small uninhabited Greek island of volcanic...
- Raid on Santorini
The Raid on Santorini took place on 24 April 1944 as part of...
- Santorini caldera
Santorini caldera is a large, mostly submerged caldera,...
- OIA
Oia is a scenic village on the north west edge of the Santorini island within the Cyclades. It extends for almost two kilometres ( 1 + 1 ⁄ 4 mi) along the northern edge of the caldera that forms the island of Santorini, at a height of between 70 and 100 metres (230 and 330 ft) above sea level .
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Santorini, officially Thira and Classical Greek Thera, is an island in the southern Aegean Sea, about 200 km (120 mi) southeast from the Greek mainland. It is the largest island of a small circular archipelago, which bears the same name and is the remnant of a caldera.
Santorini is an archipelago of 5 volcanic islands in the Cyclades group of the Greek islands in the southern Aegean Sea, about 200 km southeast of mainland Greece. It is located between Ios and Anafi islands. It used to be a single island, but was obliterated around 1600 BCE by an enormous volcanic explosion that destroyed the earliest ...
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Santorini caldera is a large, mostly submerged caldera, located in the southern Aegean Sea, 120 kilometers north of Crete in Greece. Visible above water is the circular Santorini island group, consisting of Santorini (classic Greek Thera), the main island, Therasia and Aspronisi at the periphery, and the Kameni islands at the center.
- 367 m (1,204 ft)
- Caldera (active)
- January to February 1950
View of Santorini. Santorini is an archipelago in the Aegean Sea. It is about 120 kilometres (75 mi) north of Crete. The archipelago is made of five islands, Thira, Thirassia, Aspronissi, Palea, and Nea Kameni in the southern Cyclades. Its volcano is among the few still active in Greece and Europe.
The Minoan eruption was a catastrophic volcanic eruption that devastated the Aegean island of Thera (also called Santorini) circa 1600 BCE. [2] [3] It destroyed the Minoan settlement at Akrotiri, as well as communities and agricultural areas on nearby islands and the coast of Crete with subsequent earthquakes and paleotsunamis. [4] .
