List of volcanoes in Greece
See also: Lists of volcanoes
This is a list of active and extinct volcanoes in Greece.
Name | Elevation | Location | Last eruption | |
meters | feet | Coordinates | ||
Kos | 430 | 1411 | 36°51′07″N 27°15′04″E / 36.852°N 27.251°E | Pleistocene |
Methana | 760 | 2493 | 37°36′54″N 23°20′10″E / 37.615°N 23.336°E | 258 BCE |
Milos | 751 | 2464 | 36°41′56″N 24°26′20″E / 36.699°N 24.439°E | 140 CE |
Nisyros | 698 | 2290 | 36°35′10″N 27°09′36″E / 36.586°N 27.160°E | 1888 |
Poros | 80 | 240 | 37°29′56″N 23°27′25″E / 37.499°N 23.457°E | Pliocene |
Santorini (Kolumbo) | -18 | -60 | 36°31′01″N 25°29′31″E / 36.517°N 25.492°E | 1650 |
Santorini (Nea Kameni) | 130 | 390 | 36°24′14″N 25°23′46″E / 36.404°N 25.396°E | 1950 |
Yali | 180 | 591 | 36°40′16″N 27°08′24″E / 36.671°N 27.140°E | Holocene |
Aegina | ? | ? | 37°27′00″N 23°15′36″E / 37.450°N 23.260°E | Pleistocene |
References
- Siebert L, Simkin T (2002-). Volcanoes of the World: an Illustrated Catalog of Holocene Volcanoes and their Eruptions. Smithsonian Institution, Global Volcanism Program Digital Information Series, GVP-3, (http://www.volcano.si.edu).
- Schwandner, F.M. (1998). Polyphase Meso-Cenozoic Structural Development on Poros Island (Greece). Bulletin of the Geological Society of Greece 32 + (1): 129-136.
- Aegina island History.
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