Santorini Greece

Santorini (Greek: Σαντορίνη, stated [sandoˈrini]), classically Thera (English pronunciation /ˈθɪərə/), and officially Thira (Greek: Θήρα [ˈθira]), is an island within the southern Aegean Sea, about 2 hundred km (100 twenty mi) southeast of Greece's mainland. It is the biggest island of a small, round archipelago which bears the identical call and is the remnant of a volcanic caldera. It forms the southernmost member of the Cyclades group of islands, with a place of about 73 km2 (28 sq.Mi) and a 2011 census population of 15,550. The municipality of Santorini includes the inhabited islands of Santorini and Therasia and the uninhabited islands of Nea Kameni, Palaia Kameni, Aspronisi, and Christiana. The whole land location is 90.623 km2 (34.990 squaremi). Santorini is part of the Thira local unit. Santorini is largely what remains after an extensive volcanic eruption that destroyed the earliest settlements on a previously single island, and created the current geological caldera. A giant cemtral, square lagoon, which measures about 12 by 7 km (7.5 by means of 4.3 mi), is surrounded via 300 m (980 feet) high, steep cliffs on three facets. The main island slopes downward to the Aegean Sea. On the fourth aspect, the lagoon is separated from the sea with the aid of some other plenty smaller island known as Therasia; the lagoon is attached to the sea in two places, inside the northwest and southwest. The depth of the caldera, at 400m, makes it not possible for any but the largest ships to anchor anywhere inside the blanketed bay; there may be also a fisherman's harbour at Vlychada, at the southwestern coast. The island's important port is Athinias. The capital, Fira, clings to the top of the cliff searching down at the lagoon. The volcanic rocks gift from the prior eruptions feature olivine and have a small presence of hornblende.