Krakatoa
Sign in to saveKrakatoa (), also transcribed (), is a caldera in the Sunda Strait between the islands of Java and Sumatra in the Indonesian province of Lampung. The caldera is part of a volcanic island group (Krakatoa archipelago) comprising four islands. Two of them are known as Lang and Verlaten; another, Rakata, is the only remnant of an island, also called Krakatoa, mostly destroyed by an eruption in 1883 which created the caldera.
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Krakatoa is a volcanic caldera located in the Sunda Strait between Java and Sumatra in Indonesia, consisting of a group of four islands. It is historically significant because a catastrophic eruption in 1883 mostly destroyed the original island and created the caldera that exists today.
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- Krakatoa
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- Krakatoa eruption lithograph.jpg
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- A lithograph of the 1883 eruption of Krakatoa
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- Indonesia
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- Location within Indonesia
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- Indonesia
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- 1
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- Spesial Ribu
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- Caldera
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- 15 September 2023
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Article
23 sectionsContents
- Historical significance
- Etymology
- Geographical setting
- Pre-1883 history
- AD 416 event
- Middle Ages
- 1680
- Visit by HMS ''Discovery''
- Visit by USS ''Peacock''
- Dutch activity
- 1883 eruption
- Aftermath
- Anak Krakatau
- Political
- Biological research
- Botanical studies
- Handl's occupancy
- Conservation
- See also
- References
- Citations
- Bibliography
- External links
Krakatoa (), also transcribed (), is a caldera in the Sunda Strait between the islands of Java and Sumatra in the Indonesian province of Lampung. The caldera is part of a volcanic island group (Krakatoa archipelago) comprising four islands. Two of them are known as Lang and Verlaten; another, Rakata, is the only remnant of an island, also called Krakatoa, mostly destroyed by an eruption in 1883 which created the caldera.
In 1927, a fourth island, Anak Krakatoa, or "Child of Krakatoa", emerged from the caldera formed in 1883. There has been new eruptive activity since the late 20th century, with a large collapse causing the 2018 Sunda Strait tsunami. A new cinder cone eventually grew out of its collapse scar from eruptions in the 2020s.