The Tsonakas volcano

Aerial photograph with a view on the lava dome Tsonakas and its lava flow . June 2016. (c) Tobias Schorr
Aerial photograph with a view on the lava dome Tsonakas and its lava flow . June 2016. (c) Tobias Schorr

The volcano & lava dome Tsonakas characterizes the landscape of South Methana. Its former eruption center is located south of the caldera Stavrolongos and its lava flow extends for a length of about 2 km. It must have been a huge eruption with enormous lava masses. The older part of the town Methana with the hamlet of Agios Charalambos nestles on it today.

 

Geological map
The geological map of Methana by the Swiss university (c) ETH-Zürich.
The geological map of Methana by the Swiss university (c) ETH-Zürich.