Santorini
Santorini caldera is a large, mostly submerged caldera, located in the southern Aegean Sea, 120 kilometers north of Crete in Greece. Visible above water is the circular Santorini island group, consisting of Santorini, the main island, Therasia and Aspronisi at the periphery, and the Kameni islands at the center.Photo: Giorgostr, Public domain.
Photo: Rolfsteinar, CC BY 2.5.
Notable Places in the Area
Museum of Prehistoric Thera
36°25′07″N 25°26′13″E / 36.4185°N 25.4370°E Museum of Prehistoric Thera entranceThe Museum of Prehistoric Thera is located in Fira, on the island of Santorini in Greece.Catholic Cathedral Church of Saint John The Baptist
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Cathedral of St. John the Baptist is a parish of the Roman Catholic Church in Fira, on the island of Santorini in Greece.
Localities in the Area
Fira
Photo: Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Fira is the main town of Thira, the largest island in the Santorini archipelago.
Imerovigli
Imerovigli is a town just north of capital Thira on the largest island in the Santorini archipelago.Megalochori
Photo: Norbert Nagel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Megalochori is a very quiet traditional village sitting on a hill facing to the east in the heart of Santorini.
Santorini
- Type: Volcano
- Description: caldera in Thira municipality, Greece
- Categories: mountain, caldera and landform
- Location: South Aegean Islands, Greek Islands, Greece, Balkans, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
36.4044° or 36° 24' 16" northLongitude
25.3959° or 25° 23' 45" eastOpen Location Code
8G87C93W+Q8OpenStreetMap ID
node 264987371OpenStreetMap Feature
natural=volcanoWikidata ID
Q2071883Santorini Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Afrikaans: Santorini-kaldera
- Arabic: كالديرا سانتوريني
- Armenian: Սանտորինի
- Azerbaijani: Santorini vulkanı
- Belarusian: Сантарын
- Catalan: Caldera de Santorí
- Catalan: caldera de Santorí
- Chinese: 圣托里尼火山口
- Chinese: 聖淘維尼火山竉
- Czech: Santorin
- Czech: Santorini
- Dutch: Santorini caldera
- English: Santorini caldera
- Finnish: Santorinin kaldera
- French: Caldeira de Santorin
- French: Golfe de Santorin
- Greek: Καλδέρα Σαντορίνης
- Greek: Καλντέρα της Σαντορίνης
- Hebrew: סנטוריני (הר געש)
- Hebrew: סנטוריני
- Indonesian: Kaldera Santorini
- Italian: Caldera di Santorini
- Japanese: サントリーニ・カルデラ
- Ladin: Santorini caldera
- Latin: Caldera Theraea
- Macedonian: Санторини
- Persian: کالدرا سانتورینی
- Russian: Санторин
- Russian: Санторини
- Scots: Santorini caldera
- Serbian: Санторини
- Slovak: Sandorini (sopka)
- Slovak: Santorin (sopka)
- Slovak: Santorín (sopka)
- Slovenian: Santorinska kaldera
- Spanish: Caldera Santorini
- Spanish: Tera
- Spanish: Thera
- Ukrainian: Санторин
- Ukrainian: Санторін
- Ukrainian: Санторіні
- Venetian: Caldera de Santorini
- Wu Chinese: 圣托里尼火山口
- Yue Chinese: 聖托里尼火山口
- Santorín
- Santorínin kaldera
- Санторині
Other Places Named Santorini
In the Area
Localities
- Ormos AthiniosHamlet
- Firostefani SquareLocality
- FirostefaniVillage
- ΠλάκαLocality
- ΚοιμησηLocality
- KarteradosVillage
Landmarks
- Nea KameniScenic viewpoint
- Φάρος Ακρωτηρίου-Οίας (Θήρας Θέση Καλντέρας)Nature reserve
- Άγ. ΝικόλαοςChurch
- Zestes PigesSpring
- Customs HouseGovernment office
- Saint NicholasChurch
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipdia page Santorini. Photo: Giorgostr, Public domain.