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The third explosion has been reported as the loudest sound in history. [6] [7] [8]: 602 [4]: 79 The loudness of the blast heard 160 km (100 mi) from the volcano has been calculated to have been 180 dB. [9] Each explosion was accompanied by tsunamis estimated to have been over 30 metres (98 feet) high in places.
Perboewatan was completely destroyed during the 1883 eruption; the caldera is approximately 250 metres (820 ft) deep at its former location. [1] Photographed on May 27, 1883 by visitors to the island, Perboewatan is the only cone on Krakatoa of which quality pre-1883 photographs exist. In the photos, it appears to be a low hill with a flat top.
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The RMS Norham Castle was a Royal Mail Ship and passenger liner of the Union-Castle Line in service between London, England and Cape Town, South Africa between 1883 and 1903, named after Norham Castle. In her first year the ship was in the Java Sea in the western Pacific Ocean when the island of Krakatoa exploded in August 1883. A series of ...
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.
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.
Pages in category "1883 natural disasters" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. ... Krakatoa; 1883 eruption of Krakatoa This page was ...
Original – An 1888 lithograph of the 1883 eruption of Krakatoa Reason high quality lithograph about a historically significant event, high EV Articles in which this image appears 1883 eruption of Krakatoa (most EV), 1883, Krakatoa, Drama dari Krakatau, Karang Bolong FP category for this image Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/Others Creator