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Caimeni

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Stuart Dunn

Contributors: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott

Last modified Feb 28, 2023 06:52 PM — History

Caimeni is a name ascribed to the geological predecessors of Palea and Nea Kameni, islands in the caldera of Santorini. These two later islands were formed by volcanic activity between AD 1620 and 1850.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/905386158

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
36.4006394852, 25.3923460265

Locations:

None

Names:

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Caimeni makes connections with:

Caimeni part of (physical/topographic) Santorini Archipelago (unspecified date range)

Caimeni receives connections from:

Nea Kameni succeeds Caimeni (unspecified date range)
Palea Kameni succeeds Caimeni (unspecified date range)

Place type:
island

References:

See Further:

Porcacchi, T. and G. Porro. 1620. L'isole piv famose del mondo. In Padova: Appresso Paolo et Francesco Galignani Fratelli (in the British Library)

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Stuart Dunn, Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Caimeni: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2023 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/905386158> [accessed: 07 November 2024]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/905386158 |title=Places: 905386158 (Caimeni) |author=Dunn, S. |accessdate=November 7, 2024 3:37 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}

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