Nea Kameni

Nea Kameni is a small, uninhabited of volcanic origin located in the , within the flooded . Nea Kameni and the neighbouring small island have formed over the past two millennia through repeated eruptions of dacite lava and ash.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: island in the Santorini caldera
  • Also known as: “Nea Kameni Island”, “Neo Kaimeni”, “Nisída Néa Kaméni”, “Nisida Nea Kammeni”, “Nisís Néa Kaméni”, “Nísos Néa Kaïméni”, “Νησίς Νέα Καμένη”, and “Νησίς Νέα Καμμένη”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Santorini and Museum of Prehistoric Thera.

Volcano
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The caldera is a large, mostly submerged volcanic caldera located in the southern , 120 kilometers north of in . Visible above water is the circular island group, consisting of the main island of , and at the periphery, and the Kameni islands at the center.

Museum
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The is located in , on the island of in . It was built on the site of the old Ypapanti Church which was destroyed in the 1956 Amorgos earthquake. is situated 3½ km northeast of Nea Kameni.

Church
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The Cathedral of St. John the Baptist is a Roman Catholic cathedral located in , on the island of , in the region of . The cathedral church serves as the seat of the Bishop of Santorini. is situated 3½ km northeast of Nea Kameni.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fira and Imerovigli.

Photo: Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is the main town and cultural centre of Thira, the largest island in the archipelago. It boasts a variety of museums, art galleries, cathedrals and picturesque churches to explore, as well as the island's widest selection of shopping and dining.

is a small village famous for its beautiful sunset that give it the nickname balcony of the Aegean. It is on Thira, the largest island in the archipelago, just north of capital .

Photo: Norbert Nagel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a quiet traditional village in the heart of , sitting on a hill facing east. The roads narrow as you get closer to the village, a mixture of cream and white Cycladic houses with contrasting colourful wooden doors.

Nea Kameni

Latitude
36.40467° or 36° 24′ 17″ north
Longitude
25.39807° or 25° 23′ 53″ east
Elevation
103 metres (338 feet)
Open location code
8G87C93X+V6
Geo­Names ID
256611
Wiki­data ID
Q1547142
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Armenian—“Nea Kameni” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Nea Kameni”
  • Arabic: “نيا كاميني”
  • Asturian: “Nea Kameni”
  • Bulgarian: “Неа Камени”
  • Bulgarian: “Ниа Камени”
  • Cebuano: “Nisís Néa Kamméni”
  • Chinese: “卡美尼岛”
  • Chinese: “卡美尼島”
  • Dutch: “Nea Kameni”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “نيا كامينى”
  • Finnish: “Néa Kaméni”
  • French: “Nea Kameni”
  • French: “Néa Kaméni”
  • French: “Νέα Καμένη”
  • Galician: “Nea Kameni”
  • German: “Nea Kameni”
  • German: “Néa Kaméni”
  • Greek: “Nisída Néa Kamméni”
  • Greek: “Nisís Néa Kaiméni”
  • Greek: “Νέα Καμένη Θήρας”
  • Greek: “Νησίδα Νέα Καμμένη”
  • Greek: “Νησίς Νέα Καημένη”
  • Indonesian: “Nea Kameni”
  • Italian: “Nea Kameni”
  • Japanese: “ネア・カメニ島”
  • Macedonian: “Неа Камени”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Nea Kameni”
  • Norwegian: “Nea Kameni”
  • Persian: “نیا کامنی”
  • Polish: “Nea Kameni”
  • Russian: “Неа Камени”
  • Russian: “Неа-Камени”
  • Serbian: “Nea Kameni”
  • Serbian: “Неа Камени”
  • Spanish: “Nea Kameni”
  • Swedish: “Nisís Néa Kamméni”
  • Turkish: “Yeni Kameni”
  • Western Armenian: “Նէա Քամենի”

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