Santorini caldera - Wikipedia
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.
Santorini - Global Volcanism Program
A volcanic cone forms low islands within the largely submerged, 7.5 x 11 km caldera of Santorini (Thera), as viewed from the town of Firá, on the east rim of the caldera. Santorini volcano consists of four partially overlapping calderas, the youngest of which was produced by a major eruption during the Minoan period about 3500 years ago.
Santorini Volcano Earthquakes: Latest Quakes Past 14 Days ...
2024年8月17日 · The island group of Santorini is the most well-known and active volcanic centre of the Hellenic Volcanic Arc in the south Aegean Sea. It is a very complex stratovolcano dominated by a large, sea-flooded caldera created by several large explosive eruptions.
Minoan eruption - Wikipedia
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] .
The island of Santorini is hiding an explosive secret - National …
2024年3月25日 · A church on the Greek island of Santorini overlooks the Kameni volcanic peak, where a future eruption could be more explosive than scientists previously thought.
An Insider’s Guide to Caldera Santorini | Santorini Experts
2023年5月22日 · In the context of Santorini, the term “caldera” is used to describe the large, water-filled volcanic crater created by a massive explosion in ancient times. It’s a defining geological feature of the island and is surrounded by the steep cliffs and picturesque villages that Santorini is famous for.
Volcano of Santorini, Greece (Nea Kameni) | Greeka
Santorini Volcano. Table of contents: • General info • Tours & Activities • Map • Members Photos (228) • Greeka Photos (20) • Reviews (2) Location: Nea Kameni. Santorini is gifted with a unique kind of natural beauty and wild scenery. That constitutes the result of several volcanic eruptions throughout the years.
Eruptive activity of the Santorini Volcano controlled by sea-level …
2021年8月2日 · Here we compare an approximately 360-kyr-long record of effusive and explosive eruptions from the flooded caldera volcano at Santorini (Greece) with a high-resolution sea-level record spanning...
The Santorini Volcanic System - ArcGIS StoryMaps
Overlapping calderas, an eruption as powerful as 40 atomic bombs, and recent volcanic unrest - Santorini has it all.
Santorini volcano, Greece - current activity - VolcanoDiscovery
2019年1月13日 · Santorini volcano, Greece - current activity. Seismic activity has showed a small increase again: a small swarm of earthquakes has occurred just east of the island at depths between 6 and 15 km. The "largest" quake (not felt) was a small magnitude 2.4 event at 12.5 km depth yesterday.