Aspronisi
Aspronisi is an uninhabited island lying within the Santorini caldera. The island was originally formed by the massive Minoan eruption in the 2nd millennium BC, after which it was gradually built up by successive volcanic activity.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Island
- Description: island off Thira, Greece
- Also known as: “Aspro Island”, “Aspronisi Island”, “Nisís Áspro”, “Nisís Áspron”, “Vrachonisída Áspro”, “Vrachonisís Áspro”, “Ασπρονήσι”, and “Βραχωνησίς Άσπρο”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Akrotiri and Thirassia.
Akrotiri
Village
Photo: Smial, Public domain.
Akrotiri is a Cycladic Bronze Age settlement site on the volcanic Greek island of Santorini. The name comes from the nearby village of Akrotiri. The settlement was destroyed during the Theran eruption sometime in the 16th century BC, and was buried in volcanic ash, which helped preserve its fine frescoes. Akrotiri is situated 5 km southeast of Aspronisi.
Thirassia
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Thirassia is a small satellite island of Santorini in the Cyclades. There are five villages on the island, the largest one—which has a population of 150—sharing the same name with the island itself.
Potamos
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Potamos is a village, which is situated 6 km north of Aspronisi.
Aspronisi
- Category: landform
- Location: Cyclades, South Aegean Islands, Greek Islands, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Western Armenian—“Aspronisi” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Aspronisi”
- Cebuano: “Aspronísi”
- Chinese: “阿斯普羅尼西島”
- Dutch: “Aspronisi”
- Egyptian Arabic: “اسپرونيسى”
- Finnish: “Aspronísi”
- French: “Aspronissi”
- French: “Asprónissi”
- French: “Ασπρόνησ”
- German: “Aspronisi”
- Greek: “Ασπρονήσι Θήρας”
- Italian: “Aspronisi”
- Russian: “Аспро”
- Russian: “Аспрониси”
- Serbian: “Аспронизи”
- Serbian: “Аспрониси”
- Swedish: “Aspronísi”
- Western Armenian: “Ասբրոնիսի”
- Western Armenian: “Ասփրոնիսի”
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