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Catastrophe PBS Script Part 1 Catastrophe PBS Script Part 2 The volcano Krakatoa is located on Rakata an island in the Sunda Strait between Java and Sumatra Indonesia Its eruption in 1883 was one of the most catastrophic ever witnessed in Tags: Krakatoa View |
the famous cataclysm In 1927 a new island called Anak Krakatoa Son of Krakatoa emerged from the sea to take its father s place Krakatoa itself is the reformation of an earlier volcano The original volcano also exploded creating the strait between Java and Sumatra The event is recorded in the Javanese Book of Kings A thundering sound was heard from the mountain Tags: Krakatoa View |
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Krakatoa (lang-idKrakatau), also spelled Cracatoa or Krakatau, is a volcanic island (Island#Oceanic islands) made of aa lava in the Sunda Strait between the islands of Java (Java (island)) and Sumatra in Indonesia. The name is used for the island group, the main island (also called Rakata), and the volcano as a whole.
Other Name: ''Krakatau''
Photo Caption: An early 19th-century illustration of Krakatoa
Elevation M: 813
Prominence M: 813
Listing: Spesial Ribu (Ribu)
Birth Location: Sunda Strait, Indonesia
Coordinates: Coord6.102S105.423Etype:mountaindisplay=inline,title
Type: Caldera
Last Eruption: 2009