Kameno Vouno
| Kameno Vouno | ||
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 View from Kameno Vouno to the north. |
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| height | 425 m | |
| location | Greece ( Methana ) | |
| Coordinates | 37 ° 37 '7 " N , 23 ° 19' 57" E | |
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| Type | Lava dome | |
| rock | Andesite and rhyodacite | |
| Last eruption | 277-239 BC Chr. | |
| particularities | the youngest volcano Methanas | |
Kameno Vouno ( Greek Καμένο Βουνό = burned mountain ) is a volcano on the Greek peninsula Methana . It is located in the northwest of the peninsula and has a height of 425 m. It is located at the western end of the volcanic arc of the southern Aegean . Kameni Chora is located at the southern foot of the volcano .
Lore
Pausanias reported that during the reign of the Macedonian king Antigonus, son of Demetrius, fire emerged from the earth on Methana. This description is associated with the eruption of the Kameno Vouno. The named king is commonly known as Antigonus II Gonatas , who ruled from 277 to 239 BC. Ruled, identified. However, some researchers consider him to be Antigonus III. Doson , who lived from 229 to 221 BC. Ruled. After the fire went out, the earth is said to have produced a new thermal spring. This spring is believed to be in the town of Agios Nikolaos and is therefore called Thermen des Pausanias after the ancient geographer .
According to Strabo , the volcanic eruption created a mountain 1400 m long. Due to the lava, the sea is said to have boiled 1 km away and 4 km from the coast to have been cloudy. Ovid describes a steep, bare mountain near Troizen , which is also believed to be the Kameno Vouno. A plain is said to have once been here, which was raised to a mountain by an overpressure that had built up under the earth for a long time.
outbreak
The approximate course of the eruption in the 3rd century BC Chr. Can be reconstructed as follows. At first the volcano spat out ash and sulfur dioxide vapors. Thereafter, Dazite magma collected and lifted the mountain to its present height for months. Finally the viscous magma emerged and flowed 1500 m northwards and formed the cape that is still visible today ( Greek Μαύρο Κάβο = black cape ) that extends 500 m into the sea. A smaller part of the magma flowed south. The empty magma chamber collapsed, forming the collapse caldera .
Web links
literature
- Henry Stephens Washington : Notes on the Solfatara of Sousaki (Greece), a Recent Eruption at Methana (Greece), and Recent Maccalube at Vulcano in The Journal of Geology , Vol. 32, No. 6, 1924, pp. 460-462
Individual evidence
- ^ Pausanias , Journeys in Greece , 2, 34, 1
- ^ The Chronicle of the Fall of the Roman Empire: Geology / Volcanic Eruption
- ↑ Strabon , Geographica , 1, 3, 18 (p. 59)
- ^ Ovid , Metamorphoses , 15, 293-305