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Krakatoa (/ ˌ k r ɑː k ə ˈ t oʊ ə, ˌ k r æ k-/), also transcribed Krakatau (/-ˈ t aʊ /), is a caldera [1] in the Sunda Strait between the islands of Java and Sumatra in the Indonesian province of Lampung.
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.
The Krakatoa Archipelago is a small uninhabited archipelago of volcanic islands formed by the Krakatoa stratovolcano ... Eventually a fourth island named Anak ...
On 11 August 1930 the volcanic island permanently rose above sea level and was locally named Anak Krakatau (Child of Krakatoa). [5] It has been the site of repeated eruptive episodes ever since. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] Anak Krakatau's highest point increased at an average rate of 7–9 meters per year through September 2018.
The Krakatoa society follows a calendar with twenty-day months. On "A" Day of each month, everyone eats in Mr. and Mrs. A's American restaurant; on "B" Day, in Mr. and Mrs. B's British chop house; on "C" Day, in Mr. and Mrs. C's Chinese restaurant; on "D" Day, in Mr. and Mrs. D's Dutch restaurant, and so forth.
She was named after James Loudon (1824–1900), a Dutch politician and governor of the Dutch East Indies (1872-1875). In 1883, while captained by Johan Lindemann, the ship was in the Sunda Strait during the eruption of Krakatoa and survived the subsequent tsunami when the captain steered the ship head on into the wave. [4]
Rakata is a volcanic cone with its northern face being a vertical cliff, exposing much of its eruptive history.More than 25 extrusion dikes have been counted; the largest at the center runs from sea level to 320 meters above and terminates in a large (about 6 meters in diameter), convex form.
Krakatoa, East of Java; S. The Scream; T. The Twenty-One Balloons This page was last edited on 7 June 2023, at 20:53 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...