The greatest eruption was probably in 1 628 BC (dendrochronological data).
The most important eruption was probably in 1 628 BC (dendrochronological data).
Yes, Santorini volcano (in the island Nea Kameni) is a shield volcano.
The most important eruption was probably in 1 628 BC (dendrochronological data).
Current belief is that the Minoan civilization was destroyed as a result of an explosive eruption of Mt Thera (or Santorini) which resulted in a pyroclastic flow which blanketed the island of Santorini and caused a tsunami which overwhelmed Crete.
The exact year of the eruption is not known. Estimates vary between 1540 and 1642 BC.
Santorini last erupted in 1950. It is located in the Southern Aegean Sea, Nea Kameni island (in Greece); the maximal altitude on the island - 127 m).
The last eruption of Santorini volcano was in 1950.
The last eruption (not important) was in 1950, but an eruption was also in 1925-1926.
Yes, Santorini volcano (in the island Nea Kameni) is a shield volcano.
Yes, Santorini is a shield volcano.
Catastrophic eruption Volcanic Explosivity Index (VEI) = 6 - 7 Dense-rock equivalent (DRE) = 60 km3
Santorini volcano has also and mafic rocks.
We don't know. The best guess is that Crete was devastated by an eruption of the volcano on Santorini island.
The caldera of Santorini is the gulf surrounded by the roughly crescent-shaped island. This caldera formed when the island underwent a cataclysmic volcanic eruption between 1500 and 1700 BC. The eruption drained so much magma from the chamber beneath Santorini that most of the island collapsed into the space left behind and disappeared beneath the sea.
The volcano named now Santorini on the island Nea Kameni.
Now this volcano is named Santorini.
The most important eruption was probably in 1 628 BC (dendrochronological data).
There was no eruption at Santorini in 1883. The last activity there. The island of Karkatoa famously destroyed itself in a cataclysmic volcanic eruption in 1883. This eruption was similar to the one that occurred at Santorini around 1600 BC.