The prominent horse-shoe shaped scar (dashed yellow line) in the Profitis Ilias

Figure 7: The prominent horse-shoe shaped scar (dashed yellow line) in the Profitis Ilias – Mesa Vuono mountain complex in the south-eastern part of Santorini (Thera) may be the source of the debris avalanche deposit found on the sea floor to the east of the volcano. Figure from T. Druitt et al 1999. Geological Society Memoir 19.

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