Dutsen Methana

Yankin dutsen mai aman wuta na Methana yana da nisan  kudu maso yammacin Athens a Girka .

 Tarihin Geological 
Yankin Methana (Μέθανα) yana ƙunshe da wasu tsaunuka 32, gami da dutsen mai fitad da wuta na Methana, waɗanda galibinsu ne sitic da dacitic lava domes . Ayyukan volcanic a cikin tsibirin ya fara ne shekaru miliyan 1 da suka wuce kuma ya ci gaba da sauri har zuwa shekaru 300 da suka wuce. Barkewar karshe ta faru ne a shekara ta 1700 a wani dutsen mai aman wuta da ke arewacin Kameni Chora . A cikin ƙasa akwai kuma dome mai tarihi na Kameni Chora wanda ya barke a cikin 230 BC. A cikin Agusta 1922 an sami rahotanni da yawa na yiwuwar fashewa a cikin kogin Kaimeno Vouno, duk da haka, wannan har yanzu ba a tabbatar da shi ba. Methana yana cikin yankin arewa maso yamma na rukunin tsaunukan Cycladic waɗanda ake ɗaukar aiki ( Milos, Santorini da Nisyros ). Duwatsu galibin dacites ne da andesites . A kan Methana akwai maɓuɓɓugan zafi da mofette (gas exhalations). Methana yana yanke ta da kurakuran tectonic da yawa, don haka yanki ne da ke cikin haɗarin girgizar ƙasa . Babban laifin ya yanke garin Methana daga yamma zuwa gabas.

 Tarihin archaeological 
An zauna a yankin Methana tun kimanin 10,000 BC. An kafa ƙauyuka na farko kimanin 6,000 BC. Binciken da aka yi ya kawo haske a wani ƙauye da wuri mai tsarki daga zamanin Mycenaean kusa da garin Methana a ɗakin sujada na St. Constantine da Helen. Abubuwan da suka yi kusan 1500-1200 BC ana adana su a gidajen tarihi na tsibirin Poros da a gidan kayan tarihi na Piraeus a Athens. Akwai tsoffin wurare masu tsarki a zamanin Geometric, kimanin 800-700 BC, kamar haikalin Geometric kusa da ƙauyen Kounoupitsa. Hakanan akwai tsoffin acropoleis guda biyu (Paliocastro acropolis da Oga acropolis) da wuraren gonaki da yawa. Tsofaffin marubuta Ovid, Strabo da Pausanias sun bayyana fashewar dutsen mai aman wuta a kusa da kauyen Kameni Chora a arewa maso yammacin yankin Methana.   Pausanias kuma ya bayyana maɓuɓɓugan zafi bayan fashewar. Daga baya an sami sabbin gine-gine da wuraren tsafi da aka kafa kusa da ƙauyen Vathy, a tudun Paliocastro da kewaye. Methana kuma shi ne wurin da wani tushe na Phoenician da ake kira Arsinoe.

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