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This is a list of active and extinct volcanoes in Greece. Name Elevation (m) (ft) Location Last eruption Aegina Pleistocene: Gyali: 180: 591 ...
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]
Sousaki (Greek: Σουσάκι; Modern Greek pronunciation:) is a dormant volcano and modern solfatara field in northeastern Corinthia, Greece, at the northwest end of the South Aegean Volcanic Arc. The volcano was active during the Pliocene and early Quaternary periods of the Earth's geological history. There is still significant solfataric ...
Extinct volcanism, especially that which is so old and/or eroded that a formal volcano can no longer be clearly identified. Also includes extinct volcanoes themselves in a subcategory. Subcategories
Gyali (Greek: Γυαλί "glass", also spelled Giali or Yali, pronounced ) is a Greek volcanic island in the Dodecanese, located halfway between the south coast of Kos and Nisyros.
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.
The Methana (Μέθανα) peninsula contains some 32 volcanoes, including the Methana volcano, that are mostly andesitic and dacitic lava domes. The volcanic activity in the peninsula began 1 million years ago and continued sporadically until 300 years ago. The last eruptions took place in 1700 at a submarine volcano north of Kameni Chora.
Extinct volcanoes are those that scientists consider unlikely to erupt again, because the volcano no longer has a magma supply. Subcategories. This category has the ...