Santorini Island in Greece



Santorini is a volcanic island in the southern Aegean Sea, about 200 kilometers (120 miles) from mainland Southeast Greece.

Santorini is famous for its stunning scenery dramatic and stunning sunsets, and homes in white, as well as a very active volcano.

Vera, the capital of Santorini, is from Venice and Cycladic architecture, white gravel and paved streets and bustling shops and bars, hotels and cafes, while having the edge for a distance of 400 meters (1,300 feet) from the high cliffs.

Santorini is the largest island of a small, circular archipelago of the same name, which is the remnants of the volcanic caldera.

Also a member of the Southern Cyclades group of islands, with an area of ​​approximately 73 km2 (28 square miles) and a population of about 15,550 in the 2011 census.

Santorini mayor of inhabited islands of Santorini and uninhabited islands of Nea Kameni, Pallaia Kameni, and Christiana.

Total land area of ​​90,623 km2 (34,990 mi).

Santorini is essentially what remains after a massive volcanic eruption destroyed the oldest settlements on one island before, and the creation of the current geological caldera.

Encircling the central, rectangular giant lake, which measures about 12 by 7 km (7.5 by 4.3 miles), through 300 meters (980 feet) high, and steep cliffs on three sides.

The main island descend down to the Aegean Sea.

On the fourth side, the lagoon is separated from the sea by another much smaller island, which is connected to the lake to the sea in two places, in the north-west and south-west.

The depth of the caldera, at 400 m, making it possible to dock larger vessels anywhere in the protected bay, and there is also a newly built Marina, on the southwest coast.

The island is one of the largest volcanic eruptions in recorded history, which occurred about 3,600 years ago at the height of the Minoan civilization site.

Leave the big eruption of the caldera surrounded by volcanic ash deposits, with a depth of hundreds of meters, and perhaps indirectly led to the collapse of the Minoan civilization in Crete, 110 km (68 miles) to the south, through the giant tsunami wave.
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