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Santorini’s Volcanic Birth Story | Greece News
Santorini’s breathtaking cliffs and caldera aren’t just pretty scenery—they’re the dramatic, layered result of volcanic chaos over millennia. Tectonic forces beneath the Mediterranean sparked at least twelve major eruptions, each building, collapsing, and reshaping the land into a shifting archipelago. The iconic caldera? Formed by multiple collapses over time, not one big explosion. The legendary Minoan eruption 3,600 years ago was cataclysmic, sending ash and fire into the sea and deepening the depression—but it wasn’t the first act. Even today, new islands like Nea Kameni rose from the sea…
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