Thera (island)

natural · 1700 AD – 2100 AD

An island of the southern Aegean Sea, Thera is the southernmost of the Cyclades. The island's present form is the result of a Middle Bronze Age volcanic eruption that destroyed a Minoan settlement on the island.

Coordinates

36.41667, 25.43333

Also known as

Santorini (el), Thera (grc), Θήρα (grc), Σαντορίνη (el)

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)

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