Nea Kamene
on the boat to the island
the island
Nea Kameni is a small uninhabited
Greek island of volcanic origin located in the Bay of Santorini. It was first
formed in 16th century through volcanic eruptions, and was enlarged the same
way. The last (small) eruption happened in 1950. It is nearly round and has a
diameter of approximately 2 kilometers and an area of 3.4 kilometers2
The nearly barren island is visited daily by dozens of tourist boats throughout
the summer. The visitors then take to climbing a difficult path to the
150-meter-high volcanic crater, from which a sulfurous smoke rises, transforming
the environment into a "yellow wasteland".
volcanic rock
hydrothermal pool
Lava rock cave on the cinder cone in the middle of the caldera
cactus
