Therasia, also known as Thirasía (), is an island in the volcanic island group of
Santorini
Santorini (, ), officially Thira (, ) or Thera, is a Greek island in the southern Aegean Sea, about southeast from the mainland. It is the largest island of a small, circular archipelago formed by the Santorini caldera. It is the southern ...
in the
Greek
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Cyclades
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. It lies north-west of
Nea Kameni
Nea Kameni is a small, uninhabited Greek island of volcanic origin located in the Aegean Sea, within the flooded Santorini caldera. Nea Kameni (new burnt) and the neighbouring small island Palea Kameni (old burnt) have formed over the past tw ...
, a small island formed in recent centuries by volcanic activity and thus marking the centre of the island group. Therasia is the second largest island of the group, the largest by far being
Thera
Santorini (, ), officially Thira (, ) or Thera, is a Greek island in the southern Aegean Sea, about southeast from the mainland. It is the largest island of a small, circular archipelago formed by the Santorini caldera. It is the southernmos ...
.
Therasia has a land area of and its population was 249 inhabitants at the 2021 census. It is part of the
municipal unit of
Oia (Δημοτική Ενότητα Οίας).
Thera and Therasia were separated by the
Thera eruption
The Minoan eruption was a catastrophic volcanic eruption that devastated the Aegean island of Thera (also called Santorini) circa 1600 BCE. It destroyed the Minoan settlement at Akrotiri, as well as communities and agricultural areas on nea ...
Vages
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Agía Eiríni (pop. 28 in 2021)
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Agrilia (5)
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Manolas (140)
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Ormos Korfou (2)
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Potamos (74)
Historical population
References
External links
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Santorini
Islands of Greece
Ancient Thera
Landforms of Thira (regional unit)
Islands of the South Aegean
Cyclades
Populated places in Thira (regional unit)
Populated places in the ancient Aegean islands
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