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Krakatoa
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Krakatoa

Volcanic island in Sunda Strait, Indonesia, that erupted in 1883, causing 36,000 deaths on Java and Sumatra from the tidal waves that followed. The island is now uninhabited.
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The author made a trip to the present day island Anak Krakatoa and, visiting the nearby town of Anyer (Anjer in earlier times), he investigated the history of the disaster from contemporary and recent sources.
Baillie, Allan: Krakatoa Lighthouse by Adams, John D. / Reading Time
A few hundred miles away, Anak Krakatoa - or the child of Krakatoa - fired pumice and lava onto its slopes.
Volcano eruption fears in Indonesia by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk
 
 
 
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