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Lithograph of the eruption c. 1888. The 1883 eruption of Krakatoa (Indonesian: Letusan Krakatau 1883) in the Sunda Strait occurred from 20 May until 21 October 1883, peaking in the late morning of 27 August when over 70% of the island of Krakatoa and its surrounding archipelago were destroyed as it collapsed into a caldera.
Two-thirds of the original Krakatoa Island was obliterated by the 1883 eruption. While seismic activity around the volcano was intense in the years preceding the cataclysmic 1883 eruption, a series of lesser eruptions began on 20 May 1883. The volcano released huge plumes of steam and ash lasting until late August. [30]
Perboewatan began erupting on 20 May 1883, having previously been thought extinct. [citation needed] On 27 May 1883, the General Governor Loudon took a sight-seeing group of about 90 to Krakatoa, landing on the northern end of the island, just below Perboewatan. Several in the party climbed up to the crater, which was still erupting.
Articles relating to the 1883 eruption of Krakatoa and its depictions. Pages in category "1883 eruption of Krakatoa" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.
Augustine has had six significant eruptions: 1812, 1883–1884, 1935, 1963–1964, 1976, and 1986. Only the 1883 eruption produced a tsunami. [78] 6 Krakatoa [79] Indonesia 1883 36,417 The 1883 eruption of Krakatoa was one of the loudest explosions ever
An 1888 lithograph of the 1883 eruption of Krakatoa. 1883 (MDCCCLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 1883rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 883rd year of the 2nd millennium, the 83rd year of the 19th century ...
1886 eruption of Mount Tarawera: 6 Krakatoa [6] Sunda Arc: 18–25 9.0 [16] August 26, 1883: 1883 eruption of Krakatoa: 5 Askja: Iceland: 1.83 Unknown March 28, 1875: 5 Shiveluch: Kamchatka: 2 Unknown February 18, 1854: 5 Mount Agung: Sunda Arc, Bali: 1 Unknown 1843 5 Cosigüina: Central America Volcanic Arc, Nicaragua: 4.25 Unknown ...
Krakatoa, East of Java is a 1968 American disaster film starring Maximilian Schell and Brian Keith. [4] During the 1970s, the film was re-released under the title Volcano.The story is loosely based on events surrounding the 1883 eruption of the volcano on the island of Krakatoa, with the characters engaged in the recovery of a cargo of pearls from a shipwreck perilously close to the volcano.