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Santorini is situated at the Southern part of the Cyclades, South to Ios and Sikinos, South-East to Folegandros, West to Anafi and North to Crete, at a distance of 130 nautical miles from Piraeus and 70 nautical miles from Crete; along with Anafi, it is the closest to Crete island of the Cyclades complex. Its extent is 96 square klm, the coast line 69 klm approximately, and it counts circa 11000 permanent residents. Officially it is called Thira, but Santorini is the comnon name used worldwide. Santorini is unique both for its shape and its landscape. The whole island is a volcano, still active today and its actual shape is the result of volcanic eruptions in various periods. The most important of them seems to have taken place in 1500 , when, all the western part of the island disappeared under the water which covered all the space left after the violent eruption, forming the walls of the "caldera", the remains of the old crater of the volcano, a steep rock of volcanic material, 150 to 300 m. high. At the opposite side, to the west, two smaller islands, Thirassia and Aspronissi (or Aspro), form a circle with the main island, giving an impression of the shape of the island before the eruption. Virtually, we can reconstruct a rather round island, as its very ancient greek name - Strongyli (meaning "round") - connotates. The caldera covers a space of 32 square klm approximately and has a depth of 300 to 600 m. Nearly at the middle of this circle, two small islands made of volcanic material, appeared in more recent periods, Palaia Kammeni and Nea Kammeni, give evidence that the volcano even today, is not totally dormant. The island owes to the caldera its fame and originality. The view the visitor sees when reaching Santorini by boat is breathtaking. A steep cliff, of various colours, ranging from purple to vivid red and from various tones of grey to pale yellow, without any vegetation, stands like threatening, discouraging anyone wishing to explore it.
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