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Santorini is an island in the southern Aegean Sea.It is the most active volcanic centre in the South Aegean Volcanic Arc, though what remains today is chiefly a water-filled caldera.
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Santorini is an island in the southern Aegean Sea.It is the most active volcanic centre in the South Aegean Volcanic Arc, though what remains today is chiefly a water-filled caldera.
Santorini, de espectacular belleza, es lo que queda de una enorme explosión volcánica que destruyó los primeros asentamientos existentes, haciendo desaparecer gran parte del territorio de la antigua isla y provocando la creación de la caldera geológica actual.
Sus construcciones tienen un aspecto oriental, con casas blancas y marcos de ventanas y puertas en azul.
Una gigantesca laguna central, que está rodeada por tres lados por altos acantilados. Las pendientes de la isla descienden desde lo alto del acantilado hasta el circundante mar Egeo. En el cuarto lado, la laguna está separada del mar por una isla mucho más pequeña llamada Thirasia. Las aguas en el centro de la laguna tienen tal profundidad , que hacen posible la navegación. Los puertos de la isla están todos en la laguna, y la capital, Fira, cuelga de lo alto del acantilado, sobre la ladera que desciende hasta la laguna.
Es el centro volcánico más activo del arco volcánico del sur del Egeo, si bien lo que hoy en día queda es una caldera inundada. En la isla tuvo lugar una de las mayores erupciones volcánicas de la prehistoria reciente. La erupción dejó una enorme caldera rodeada por depósitos de ceniza volcánica y, según algunas teorías, pudo haber causado indirectamente el colapso de la civilización Minoica de la isla de Creta, causando un gigantesco maremoto. Otra teoría sostiene que la erupción de Thera podría ser la inspiración principal de la leyenda de la Atlántida.
my friend, Chris, visited a friend of ours who's currently stationed in Germany, and while out there he made a detour to Santorini. these photos were attached with his email. i've always known that place was gorgeous, but hot damn! o_O
"the greek island Santorini was really cool, worth the trip down there. It wasn't too crowded and not too expensive b/c it was off season, but the weather was perfect and the architecture w/ the views of the caldera were awesome. I rode a boat out to the active volcano and went swimming in the hot springs. attached are a couple photos. Not much nite life going on tho, just a few clubs w/ the locals, but Im sure it goes off in the summer b/c there were a few places closed up, that place thrives on tourism."
Sunset over Santorini.Santorini is an island in the southern Aegean Sea.It is the most active volcanic centre in the South Aegean Volcanic Arc, though what remains today is chiefly a water-filled caldera.
Santorini es, en esencia, lo que queda de una enorme explosión volcánica que destruyó los primeros asentamientos existentes, haciendo desaparecer gran parte del territorio de la antigua isla y provocando la creación de la caldera geológica actual. Su espectacular belleza, junto con una animada vida nocturna, la han convertido en uno de los principales destinos turísticos de Europa. Sus construcciones tienen un aspecto oriental, con casas blancas y marcos de ventanas y puertas en azul, como se pueden encontrar en las costas de Marruecos o Túnez. Por otra parte, también se han formulado reproches contra el carácter desordenado y excesivo de su desarrollo urbanístico reciente.
"Santorini is an island in the southern Aegean Sea, about 120 miles southeast from the Greek mainland. It is the largest island of a small, circular archipelago, which bears the same name and is the remnant of a volcanic caldera. It forms the southernmost member of the Cyclades group of islands with an area of approximately 28 square miles. The municipality of Santorini includes the inhabited islands of Santorini and Therasia, as well as the uninhabited islands of Nea Kameni, Palaia Kameni, Aspronisi and Christiana.
The island was the site of one of the largest volcanic eruptions in recorded history: the Minoan eruption (sometimes called the Thera eruption), which occurred about 3,600 years ago at the height of the Minoan civilization. The eruption left a large caldera surrounded by volcanic ash deposits hundreds of feet deep. It may have led indirectly to the collapse of the Minoan civilization on the island of Crete, 68 miles to the south, through a gigantic tsunami. Another popular theory holds that the Thera eruption is the source of the legend of Atlantis."
This photo was taken from the high point on the island looking south and west.
Santorini (Greek: Σαντορίνη), classically Thera and officially Thira, is an island in the southern Aegean Sea, about 200 km (120 mi) southeast of Greece's mainland. It is the largest island of a small, circular archipelago which bears the same name and is the remnant of a volcanic caldera. It forms the southernmost member of the Cyclades group of islands, with an area of approximately 73 km2 (28 sq mi) and a 2011 census population of 15,550. The municipality of Santorini comprises the inhabited islands of Santorini and Therasia and the uninhabited islands of Nea Kameni, Palaia Kameni, Aspronisi, and Christiana. The total land area is 90.623 km2 (34.990 sq mi).
Santorini is essentially what remains after an enormous volcanic eruption that destroyed the earliest settlements on a formerly single island, and created the current geological caldera. A giant central, rectangular lagoon, which measures about 12 by 7 km (7.5 by 4.3 mi), is surrounded by 300 m (980 ft) high, steep cliffs on three sides. The main island slopes downward to the Aegean Sea. On the fourth side, the lagoon is separated from the sea by another much smaller island called Therasia; the lagoon is connected to the sea in two places, in the northwest and southwest. The depth of the caldera, at 400m, makes it possible for all but the largest ships to anchor anywhere in the protected bay; there is also a newly built marina at Vlychada, on the southwestern coast. The island's principal port is Athinias. The capital, Fira, clings to the top of the cliff looking down on the lagoon. The volcanic rocks present from the prior eruptions feature olivine and have a small presence of hornblende.
It is the most active volcanic centre in the South Aegean Volcanic Arc, though what remains today is chiefly a water-filled caldera. The volcanic arc is approximately 500 km (310 mi) long and 20 to 40 km (12 to 25 mi) wide. The region first became volcanically active around 3–4 million years ago, though volcanism on Thera began around 2 million years ago with the extrusion of dacitic lavas from vents around the Akrotiri.
The island is the site of one of the largest volcanic eruptions in recorded history: the Minoan eruption (sometimes called the Thera eruption), which occurred some 3600 years ago at the height of the Minoan civilization. The eruption left a large caldera surrounded by volcanic ash deposits hundreds of metres deep and may have led indirectly to the collapse of the Minoan civilization on the island of Crete, 110 km (68 mi) to the south, through a gigantic tsunami. Another popular theory holds that the Thera eruption is the source of the legend of Atlantis.
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We spent a week on Santorini during the beginning of May enjoying its picturesque magic quite heavily. One may be surprised that its towns are rather crowded even before the peak tourist season, but it is still a special place for enjoying slow pace of Greek islands life.
This is a shot taken during our trip to Oia showing typical Santorini spring landscape - one should not be surprised there may be a church with a blue dome found almost in every picture from Santorini :-).
Panoramic photo of Fira on the Greek island of Santorini, taken from Thomson Dream cruise ship.
Fira (also called Thera or Thira) is the main town of Santorini island, located on the top of a cliff of a caldera. It has stunning views, a museum, a cable car and bars and clubs and its central location makes it a good base to use as there are buses to many other parts of the island.