A NEW ISLAND
ERUPTION AT SANTOEIN.
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(AUSTRALIAN-NEW ZEALAND CABLE ASSOCIATION.) ATHENS, 13th August. ■
A new island is vising out of the sea. simultaneously with'the eruption of tho old volcano on the island of Santonn,,which is in eruption.. >■ " . . . '...-■■
The island of Santorm (Santa Irene) called in ancient history Thera, is' one of the Sporades, in tho Aegean Sea. ;I.l> is the crescent-shaped remnant of a largo ancient- volcano, and rises very abruptly, from deep water, so that no 'anchorage, even within the bay, is possible. Tito formation of a new island here is no novelty; threo have arisen within: tho. bay, in historic ■ times, the last being as recently as 1707. ' These islands are • the seat of the present volcanic activity. "Santorin is prosperous, having a consider*, able export trade in wine and in a-min-. eral (pozzolana) which is used in making cement. . :
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Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 40, 15 August 1925, Page 7
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145A NEW ISLAND Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 40, 15 August 1925, Page 7
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