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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]
Minoan eruption: 15,000 to 20,000 Mount Samalas: 7 Indonesia: 1257 ... 2022 2021–22 Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai eruption and tsunami: 6 Karangetang: 2 Indonesia: 1992
Malia (also Mallia) is a Minoan and Mycenaean archaeological site located on the northern coast of Crete in the Heraklion area. It is about 35 kilometers east of the ancient site of Knossos and 40 kilometers east of the modern city of Heraklion.
2) Pearson et al (2022) which rules out the possibility of 1628 BCE eruption and shows Thera eruption was between 1611 and 1538 BCE, and 3) Manning (2022) who shows it occurred between 1609 and 1560 BCE (95.4% probability). So, integrating the three references, range is c. 1612 to 1538 BCE.
Armeni has been under excavation since 1969 by Dr. Yiannis Tzedakis. Over 200 chamber tombs and one tholos tomb have been found. All date to the Late Minoan era.. The chambers are approached by entrance passages, or dromos, which start at ground level and descend to the entrance of the tomb.
Satellite images of the 15 January 2022 eruption of Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haʻapai. This is a list of volcanoes that have had large explosive eruptions during the Holocene (since about 11,650 years Before Present), with a volcanic explosivity index (VEI) of 5 or higher, or a plume height of at least 30 km.
Minoan eruption; T. Tierra Blanca Joven eruption; V. Eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD ... This page was last edited on 3 July 2022, at 00:05 (UTC).
1951 eruption of Mount Lamington; 2022 Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai eruption and tsunami; A. 2017–2019 eruptions of Mount Agung; ... Minoan eruption; 1458 mystery ...