Chionesa volcano

  • Lavadome Chionesa
    The small lava dome Chionesa

    The Chionesa volcano in the mountains of Methana is keeping its secrets...

The Chionesa volcano

The small lava dome Chionesa. (c) Tobias Schorr 1991
The small lava dome Chionesa. (c) Tobias Schorr 1991

The summit of the Chionesa volcano is situated between the Chelona massif and the Loutses volcano. The path G (green) passes it by. It is one of the many lava domes. Interesting is on its western slope a conspicuous pile of stones that might have belonged to an ancient tomb (?) Or is just a collection of field stones ...