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492: 108: 504: 36: 128: 480: 464: 223: 437:, which was a fairly shallow area (about 20 meters before the eruption). Calmeyer was somewhat higher than Steers, at about 6.5 meters at the highest spot. The two rather quickly were eroded away by wave action; Calmeyer had broken up into about half a dozen smaller islets by the time of Rogier Verbeek's visit in October 1883, and was gone within two years. Sandbanks bearing the names still remain. 321: 443:– a former island created from volcanic products from the 1883 eruption of Krakatoa, in the Sebesi Channel between Krakatoa Island and Sebesi. Steers was the slightly larger of the two, but never was more than three meters above the waterline. They were rather quickly eroded away by wave action, and were gone within two years. Sandbanks bearing the names still remain. 135: 405:
was entirely beneath the surface of the ocean. However, in December 1927, an eruption led to a new island that rose above the waterline. The eruptions were initially of pumice and ash, and that island and the two islands that followed were quickly eroded away by the sea. Eventually a fourth island
355:(aka Sertung) – Verlaten is a rather low island with a hill in the middle. Other than some minor collapse in the southeast (closest to the main island of Krakatoa), Verlaten suffered little damage in the 1883 eruption. Instead, it grew almost 3 times in area due to 391:) and the only one not obliterated in the eruption of 1883. However, Rakata did lose its northern half in that eruption, leaving just its southern half. The exposed cliff is quite striking visually, partially of a large exposed 423:
Island and Lang Island, which was destroyed in the 1883 eruption. The name was apparently derived from its appearance from the sea: a sharply angled point, similar to the old-styled caps worn by
383:(aka Greater Krakatoa) – Standing 813 metres (2,667 ft) tall, it was the largest and southernmost of three volcanoes that formed the now destroyed island of "Krakatoa" (the others being 503: 491: 65: 479: 433:(sometimes spelled Calmejer) – a former island created from volcanic products from the 1883 eruption of Krakatoa, in the Sebesi Channel between Krakatoa Island and 406:
named Anak Krakatau (meaning "child of Krakatoa" in Indonesian) broke water in August 1930, and produced lava flows more quickly than the waves could erode them.
373:(aka Lesser Krakatoa, or Panjang) – Lang, by contrast, is quite hilly. It suffered only slightly in the 1883 eruption; it actually grew in area from massive 338:. Krakatoa is a notably powerful volcano, with the 1883 eruption being one of the deadliest and most destructive volcanic events in all of recorded history. 127: 620: 635: 395:
terminating in a large lenticular extrusion at the middle of the almost vertical cliff. The feature has been called "the Eye of Krakatoa."
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fall, although most of the gain was quickly eroded away. After the 1883 eruption, Verlaten developed a low
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Krakatoa is an active stratovolcano located in Indonesia, and lying on the far western rim of the Pacific
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lake near the end. This lake became a waterfowl haven, but has since been breached by wave erosion.
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Biogeographical map (French) of the vegetation in the Krakatoa Archipelago in 1992
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fall, although most of the additional area washed away within several years.
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The Song of the Dodo: Island Biogeography in an Age of Extinctions
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Evolution map of the Krakatoa Archipelago, between 1880 and 2018
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Politically, the Krakatoa Archipelago lies entirely within
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system, created by the northeastward subduction of the
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Krakatau, 1883—the volcanic eruption and its effects
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Anak Krakatoa
Krakatoa Archipelago is located in Indonesia
Sunda Strait
6°06′07″S 105°25′23″E / 6.102°S 105.423°E / -6.102; 105.423
Indonesia
archipelago
volcanic islands
Krakatoa
stratovolcano
Sunda Strait
Java
Sumatra
Verlaten
Lang
Rakata
Anak Krakatoa
island arc
Indo-Australian Plate
1883 eruption of Krakatoa
Lampung
Indonesia

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