Santorini owes its shape to geological phenomena from millennia ago. The island is famed for its caldera – a bowl-shaped crater caused by a volcanic eruption – which was formed by one of the ...

Santorini and its neighbouring islands were ... "dated 12 September 2004 of the lava crater on Mount Etna in Sicily", Italy. "A new flow of lava was moving towards the deserted zone of Bove ...

An empty swimming pool is seen in a group of clifftop buildings in the town of Oia on the earthquake-struck island of Santorini, Greece, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) ...

Santorini took its present crescent shape following ... blue-domed churches clinging to the rim of the caldera, the flooded crater left behind by a volcano that erupted and then collapsed.

The island is famed for its caldera – a bowl-shaped crater caused by a volcanic eruption – which was formed by one of the largest known blasts around 3,600 years ago. Santorini’s most recent ...

Known for its spectacular volcanic crater or caldera, Santorini is also part of a volcanic arc with two underwater volcanoes near its coast, Nea Kameni and Kolumbo, which last erupted in 1950 and ...

It docks at the heart of the caldera, which is the huge volcanic crater set beneath towering ... and resident DJs. But the Santorini I'm really mad about is the one that few tourists see.

Its sweeping, sea-filled crater gives Santorini its sense of magic, propelling the isle onto many a bucket list. Beyond iconic views, Santorini appeals for its wines produced on the island’s ...