Santorini eruption
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The Minoan eruption was a catastrophic volcanic eruption that devastated the Aegean island of Thera circa 1600 BCE. It destroyed the Minoan settlement at Akrotiri, as well as communities and agricultural areas on nearby islands and the coast of... Wikipedia
Date: c. 1600 BCE (see below)
Location: Santorini, Cyclades, Aegean Sea; 36°24′36″N 25°24′00″E / 36.41000°N 25.40000°E
VEI: 6