This may or may not be connected to the recent strong tremors in Santorini.
What I want to know is who named that thing "Kolumbo". That's not a Greek name. We got so much prime material for Greek-mythology inspired names of volcanoes. e.g. "Charybdis" would fit right in.
Shawn mentions lack of observed ground deformation, but maybe he means near Kolumbo?
There's a note[^1] on the EMSC site that has some figures for deformation at stations on Santorini, and it seems like it has been deflating while all this seismic expression is wandering northeastward? (I am not a geophysicist)
I think he replies to a comment where he says “lack of significant ground deformation”. He also mention the natural up/down movement of normal faults being a cause of ground deformation.
I’m sure if there’s new information that he’ll do a follow up. I’ve followed his channel for a while now — I’m not a geologist or geophysicist either — but I find his knowledge and careful and thoughtful analysis to be exceptional.
This source it was people in Crete who named it. Ottomans conquered most of Crete in 1645 but Candia held till 1669 so it was probably the people in Candia who named it thus.
> But the word "Kolumbo" is used 11 times in the article about "Kolumpo"
This is just you not knowing that Κολούμπο is "Kolumbo". There's no discrepancy to explain; they are the same thing and "Kolumpo" would be an error.
It's still true that Columbo isn't a Greek name. But there's nothing unusual about its Greek spelling; there's no other way to spell "b" in modern Greek than "μπ".
There is a prefix -em (-εμ) which is used to formulate words containing the essence of "within", e.g. "εμπεριέχει" (emperiechei/"including"), or "εμπύρετος (empyretos/"feverish". The sound in such cases veers in the direction of "emp" rather than "eb", due to the prefix. It's still not a distinct m+p, but significantly less voiced than e.g. "μπύρα" (beer)
excellent comment, but for future reference: a prefix would normally be written "em-", with the hyphen noting the place where it attaches to its root word.
>> 12 January 2023
This may or may not be connected to the recent strong tremors in Santorini.
What I want to know is who named that thing "Kolumbo". That's not a Greek name. We got so much prime material for Greek-mythology inspired names of volcanoes. e.g. "Charybdis" would fit right in.