Qualla: Sousaki Volcano https://qualla.com/sousaki-volcano en-us © 2026 Bendyline Thu, 23 Jul 2026 20:34:07 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Sousaki Volcano https://qualla.com/sousaki-volcano Sousaki Volcano: Introduction https://qualla.com/sousaki-volcano/ Somewhere near Corinth, in a canyon locals have long called Thiochoma — the sulphur pit — the ground exhales. A thin haze drifts across cracked rock, the air smells of rotten eggs, and the temperature in the fumarole vents hovers at a steady 42 degrees Celsius. Sousaki is technically dormant, but dormant is not dead. It is the westernmost volcano on the South Aegean Volcanic Arc, the great curved chain of fire that stretches from this corner of the Saronic shore all the way to Santorini and beyond, and its last eruption created new land in the Gulf of Megara. Even now, the earth here releases about one tonne of gas every day.

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]]> Sun, 14 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/w/8/r/sousaki-volcano-wp/sw8r-sousaki-volcano-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Sousaki Volcano: The Arc of Fire Begins Here https://qualla.com/sousaki-volcano/ The South Aegean Volcanic Arc is one of the most significant geological features in the eastern Mediterranean, a product of the African tectonic plate sliding beneath the Eurasian plate. Santorini, Milos, Nisyros — these are the famous names along the arc, islands whose eruptions...

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]]> Sun, 14 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/w/8/r/sousaki-volcano-wp/sw8r-sousaki-volcano-what-the-ground-releases.mp3 0:06 3 full Sousaki Volcano: A Side Eruption and New Land https://qualla.com/sousaki-volcano/ Sousaki's most recent eruption was not from the central vent but from a flank — a side eruption that pushed lava into the Gulf of Megara and created new land. The Gulf of Megara lies just north of the Saronic Gulf, a narrow arm of water between Attica and the Corinthian coast. Th...

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