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Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. ... This is a list of active and extinct volcanoes in Greece. Name Elevation (m) (ft) Location ... List of volcanoes in Greece.
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Location Elevation (m) Coordinates Last eruption ... Santorini, Greece: 118 m (387 ft) ... List of volcanoes in Europe.
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 (known as Thera in antiquity), the main island, Therasia and Aspronisi at the periphery, and the Kameni islands at the center.
Stefanos, the largest crater of the volcano. Landscape. The island has a 3-to-4-kilometre (1.9 to 2.5 mi) wide caldera, and was formed within the past 150,000 years, with three separate eruptive stages, ranging from explosive and effusive andesitic eruptions to explosive and effusive dacitic and rhyolitic activity. [4]
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]
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. Download coordinates as: KML; ... Pages in category "Extinct volcanoes" The following 87 pages are in this category, out of ...
Pages in category "Extinct volcanoes of Europe" The following 46 pages are in this category, out of 46 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.