Santorini is the largest island of a small, circular archipelago of the same name. It is also the remnant of a volcanic caldera that appeared about 3,600 years ago, in the wake of one of the biggest volcanic eruptions in recorded history -- the Minoan eruption. According to a popular theory, it is the source of the legend of Atlantis. It may also have led to the indirect collapse of the Minoan civilization in Crete, through a gigantic tsunami. The municipality of Santorini includes the inhabited islands of Santorini and Therasia and the uninhabited islands of Nea Kameni, Palaia Kameni, Aspronisi, and Christiana.

Santorini is the largest island of a small, circular archipelago of the same name. It is also the remnant of a volcanic caldera that appeared about 3,600 years ago, in the wake of one of the biggest volcanic eruptions in recorded history -- the Minoan eruption.

According to a popular theory, it is the source of the legend of Atlantis. It may also have led to the indirect collapse of the Minoan civilization in Crete, through a gigantic tsunami.

The municipality of Santorini includes the inhabited islands of Santorini and Therasia and the uninhabited islands of Nea Kameni, Palaia Kameni, Aspronisi, and Christiana.

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