Santorini caldera
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The Santorini caldera is a large, mostly submerged volcanic caldera located in the southern Aegean Sea, 120 kilometers north of Crete in Greece. Visible above water is the circular Santorini island gr
Santorini island group from space
Photograph of Santorini caldera from the air
The South Aegean Volcanic Arc includes the volcanoes of Methana, Milos, Santorini and Nisyros.
The caldera wall of Santorini island
Minoan eruption
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The Minoan eruption was a catastrophic volcanic eruption that devastated the Aegean island of Thera circa 1600 BC. It destroyed the Minoan settlement at Akrotiri, as well as communities and agricultur
Santorini caldera
…was created about 70,000 years ago, and the Cape Riva caldera about 21,000 years ago. The current caldera was formed about 3,600 years ago during the Minoan eruption. Palea Kameni and Nea Kameni were formed as a result of multiple, initially submarine, smaller eruptions at the center of the caldera. Following is a…
Volcanic craters on Santorini, June 2001
Early phase of Late-Bronze-Age volcano eruption (~ 1500 BC), southern border of the Caldera island. The lower layer of pumice is finer, almost white and without rock intrusions.
Mansions and hotels atop steep cliffs.
Excavation of Akrotiri on Thera