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For different utilizations, see #Santorini (disambiguation).

"Thera" diverts here. For different utilizations, see Thera (disambiguation).

Santorini/Thira

Σαντορίνη/Θήρα

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Santorini/Thira is situated in GreeceSantorini/ThiraSantorini/Thira

Area inside the locale

Directions: 36°25′N 25°26′ECoordinates: 36°25′N 25°26′E

Country #Greece

Authoritative region South Aegean

Territorial unit Thira

Government

• Mayor Antonis Sigalas

Territory

• Municipality 90.69 km2 (35.02 sq mi)

Populace (2011)[1]

• Municipality 15,550

• Municipality density 170/km2 (440/sq mi)

• Municipal unit 14,005

Community[1]

• Population 1,857 (2011)

Time zone UTC+2 (EET)

• Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)

Postal code

847 00, 847 02

Territory code(s) 22860

Santorini (Greek: Σαντορίνη, articulated [sandoˈrini]), authoritatively Thira (Greek: Θήρα [ˈθira]) and exemplary Greek Thera (English elocution/ˈθɪərə/), is an #island in the southern Aegean Sea, around 200 km (120 mi) southeast of Greece's territory. It is the biggest island of a little, roundabout archipelago, which bears a similar name and is the remainder of a volcanic caldera. It shapes the southernmost individual from the Cyclades gathering of islands, with a territory of around 73 km2 (28 sq mi) and a 2011 evaluation populace of 15,550. The district of Santorini incorporates the possessed islands of Santorini and Therasia, just as the uninhabited islands of Nea Kameni, Palaia Kameni, Aspronisi and Christiana. The absolute land zone is 90.623 km2 (34.990 sq mi).[2] Santorini is important for the Thira local unit.[3]

The island was the site of one of the biggest volcanic ejections in written history: the Minoan emission (now and then called the Thera ejection), which happened around 3,600 years back at the stature of the Minoan civilization.[4] The emission left a huge caldera encompassed by volcanic debris stores several meters down. It might have driven by implication to the breakdown of the Minoan human advancement on the island of Crete, 110 km (68 mi) toward the south, through an enormous torrent. Another well known hypothesis holds that the Thera ejection is the wellspring of the legend of Atlantis.[5]

It is the most dynamic volcanic focus in the South Aegean Volcanic Arc, however what remains today is predominantly a water-filled caldera. The volcanic bend is roughly 500 km (310 mi) long and 20 to 40 km (12 to 25 mi) wide. The area previously turned out to be volcanically dynamic around 3-4 million years ago,[citation needed] however volcanism on Thera started around 2 million years prior with the expulsion of dacitic magmas from vents around Akrotiri.

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