Santorini is most famous for its volcano caldera, which can be explored on a sailing trip. Santorini also called Thira is an island found along the coastline of the Aegean Sea. It is quite an experience, and great fun for the whole family. Santorini, also known as Thira or Thera, is a small, circular group of volcanic islands located in the Aegean Sea, 75 km south-east of the Greece mainland, (latitude: 35.25N - longitude: 25.20E). It also has a group of Islands called Santorini. The existence of the volcano is visible all over the island of Santorini, especially on the bizarre beaches that are covered, in their majority, in black sand and pebbles made of solidified lava. Eruption of Thera, devastating Bronze Age eruption of a long-dormant volcano on the Aegean island of Thera, about 70 miles (110 km) north of Crete. While island-hopping in the Greek Islands, Santorini is surely a main stop. The southernmost member of the Cyclades group of islands, it has an area of approximately 80 sq km (30 sq mi) and in 2001 had an estimated population of 10,700. A few days admiring the beauty of the Caldera, surrounded by the allure of blue domes is an utmost dreamlike experience. Although the volcano is dormant at the present time, at the current active crater (there are several former craters on Nea Kameni), steam and carbon dioxide are given off. That said, I recommend doing a sailing trip if your kids are older than 4-5 years old as the Aegean Sea can be pretty rough. Before you visit Santorini, here are some incredible facts that may provide a general insight. Hiking Santorini’s Volcanic Crater Morning started with a delicious breakfast on our porch with view of Skaro’s Rock, how does that sound? Santorini was also struck by a devastating earthquake in 1956. was one of the largest in the last 10,000 years.About 7 cubic miles (30 cubic km) of rhyodacite magma was erupted. These are some fascinating facts about Santorini is a volcano that has both very large explosive eruptions, and also extended periods with much smaller, weakly explosive eruptions.
It has been in a phase of repeated lava and lava-dome eruptions for most of the past 3000 years, and this will probably continue into the future.
Although it was cloudy and a little bit chilly, we booked our tickets for the volcano tour with a stop of the hot spring for today; I was hoping for sunny sky but not happening. The red volcanic rocks in Red beach, which reminds a lunar landscape, form a rare sight. Santorini, Greece Location: 36.4N, 25.4E Elevation: 1,850 feet (564 m) The eruption of Santorini in Greece in 1,650 B.C. This island has a caldera and it is one of the Cyclades islands of the Mediterranean region. Earthquakes, perhaps contemporaneous with the eruption, shattered Knossos and damaged other settlements in