The biggest mountain of the island, Mesa Vouno, lies S.W. Its highest peak, Profitis Ilias, is 550 meters high. To the south lies Gavrilos, and to the north Megalo Vouno, 350 meters high, and Mikros Profitis Ilias, 340 meters high.

Climate of Santorini

Santorini has a typical Aegean island climate. It has a cool summer and a mild winter. It rains often during the winter, but rarely or not at all during the summer. Snow may fall , but it melts almost immediately.

Products of Santorini

Santorini's fertile volcanic soil, cultivated by its industrious inhabitants, has made the island well known all over Greece for its excellent produce.

Its wines are celebrated. After all, most of the vegetation of the island is grapevines. Also famous is its "fava", a legume smaller than a pea, which looks like a lentil. Its tomatoes are very tasty, too. They are small, the size of a walnut, because of the lack of water. From these tiny tomatoes the famous tomato paste of Santorini is made, which the local people call "bertes". Little produce is grown. Some barley, which is used as animal feed, and even less wheat. A kind of cheese, "chloro", is made from goat milk. It is a tasty cheese.

Finally, Santorini exports the famous "Theran Earth" (pumice stone), the sole mineral of the island. Being an island, seafood is not absent, although it is not exported but consumed locally by Santorini's inhabitants and visitors.