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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]
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]
Santorini, Greece: 118 m (387 ft) ... Lists of volcanoes in Europe by country; Volcanic Eifel; References This page was last edited on 24 January ...
Deposits of rare earth metals, the crucial ingredients in electric vehicles and wind turbines, could be present in ancient volcanoes across the world
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.
There are around 200 volcanoes in Texas that have been extinct for millions of years, making them unlikely to erupt again, because the volcano no longer has a magma supply. It could however be ...