Volcanic history of the Island of Santorini
The huge bay that forms the island of Santorini called attention, especially if you get to the island by boat. The dimensions of the cliffs of the bay are incredible, but it is less a sense of being, deep within the caldera of a volcano. We know that the island of Santorini experienced one of the biggest volcanic eruptions in history over 3500 years ago. By then flourished on the island one of the first European civilizations, the Minoan culture. This eruption whose effects were noted around the globe, launched into the air, leaving a huge crater that was filled by the Aegean Sea, forming one of the world's most incredible islands.