Aspronishi [island] - Aspronishi

Japanese: アスプロニシ[島] - あすぷろにし
Aspronishi [island] - Aspronishi

...known as a unique wine producing region. The three islands of Thira, Thirasia, and Aspronisi are arranged like a somma rim, surrounding a sea inlet (caldera) 11 km long and 7 km short, with two islands (central cones) Palea Kameni and Nea Kameni in the center. A large pumice eruption occurred around 1450 BC, and the center of the original volcano collapsed, forming the current caldera, and the islands of Thira and Thirasia were covered with pumice fall and pyroclastic flow deposits several tens of meters thick.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Aspronishi Island" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…独特なワインの産地として知られる。ティラ,ティラシア,アスプロニシの3島が外輪山状に配列して長径11km,短径7kmの入海(カルデラ)を囲み,中央にパレア・カメニとネア・カメニの2島(中央火口丘)を抱いている。前1450年ころに大規模な軽石噴火が起こり,もとの火山体の中央部は崩壊して現在のカルデラが形成され,ティラおよびティラシア島は厚さ数10mにおよぶ降下軽石,火砕流堆積物に覆われた。…

※「アスプロニシ[島]」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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