Mount Krakatoa is a volcanic island found in Indonesia. Its most famous eruption in 1883 is one of the biggest in recorded history. You guessed it right; Krakatoa belongs to the Pacific Ring of Fire, the volatile horseshoe-shaped area bordering the Pacific Ocean.
Mount Krakatoa is an example of a stratovolcano, a tall, conical volcano with multiple strata of solidified lava, tephra, as well as volcanic ash. These type of volcanoes typically have steep sides and usually erupt frequently & violently. Most of the popular eruptions have been made by stratovolcanoes. Other known stratovolcanoes are Mount St. Helens and Mount Pinatubo.
Indonesia is the country that holds the biggest number of active volcanoes, at 130. Iceland, another volcano-dotted country, holds about the same number (of volcanoes) but not all are as active as those in Indonesia.
History
The Krakatoa Volcano – Krakatau Volcano Indonesia this group of island consists of three islands and one volcano. These islands and volcano were formerly a single giant ancient Krakatoa – Krakatau volcano. It believed that the ancient volcano erupted at around 600 AD and tore apart in to 3 islands which now surrounded the current active volcano. Due to the volcanic activities, once again the southern part of he remain grew up and formed a new volcano, followed by the growth of other two volcano to its north and joined up together formed a 9 km of length and 3 km of width of fire island.
August 27, 1883 was recorded as the biggest eruption the volcano ever made. Killed more than 36.000 peoples, devastated the surrounding area with its 30-40 m high of tidal wave. The two volcanoes on the north plus half cone of the southern volcano were gone. The baby volcano itself just grew around 30 years after the big bang. The smoking cone that can now be seen is a grandchild of Krakatau, Anak Krakatau (the Baby of Krakatau), which first appeared in 1929 and has been growing yearly
Ample time to climb on moon like landscape Actual height of old Krakatoa – Krakatau 813m and the height of Anak (child) of Krakatau 194m in 1987. and 300m in 2006 which in 1927 emerged from the bottom of the sea.
KRAKATAU ISLAND
The Krakatau Island or Krakatoa are part of the Ujung Kuloon park and lies in Sunda Strait between Sumatra and Java Islands. It belongs to Lampung Province.
Krakatau Volcanic Complex consists of Rakata, Sertung, Panjang and Anak Krakatau Islands. Anak Krakatau is the currently active centre at the volcano and emerged from the sea in 1930.
Krakatau became famous after the paroxysmal eruption on August 27, 1883. The volcano erupted more than 18 cubic km of ash to a height of 80 km, and produced a tsunami as high as 30 m along the west coast of Banten and south coast of Lampung. The tsunami hit 295 villages and killed over 36,000 people.
The 1883 eruption of Krakatoa, a volcanic island in the Sunda Strait in Indonesia, has inspired several books and films.
Elevation |
813 m (2,667 ft) |
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Prominence |
813 m (2,667 ft) |
Listing |
Spesial Ribu |
Location |
Indonesia |
Coordinates |
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Geology |
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Type |
Caldera |
Last eruption |
2011 |
