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Understanding Santorini
Santorini, also known as Thera or Thira, is the main island of a volcanic archipelago in the southern Cyclades. Its flooded caldera shapes both the views and the way places connect.
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Fira looks down from the inner cliff, while Therasia faces the main island across the water and Nea Kameni rises within it. The outer shore slopes toward the Aegean. This layout helps explain why a place that looks close across the caldera may require a very different journey from one along the rim.
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The caldera is a broad water-filled basin rimmed by steep cliffs.
Therasia and Nea Kameni are distinct islands within the volcanic setting.
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