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Rakata

British  
/ rəˈkɑːtə /

noun

  1. another name for Krakatoa

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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"Evidently Rakata is not yet active," said Nigel, looking up at the grey dust-covered crags as the canoe glided swiftly through the dark water.

From Blown to Bits or, The Lonely Man of Rakata by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne

"The officer reported that there is no sign of eruption at Rakata, so that my house is yet safe, for no showers of pumice, however deep, can injure the cave."

From Blown to Bits or, The Lonely Man of Rakata by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne

“But what if Rakata itself should become active?”

From Blown to Bits The Lonely Man of Rakata, the Malay Archipelago by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne

It was at this time I took up my abode in the cave of Rakata, and fell in with my good faithful friend Moses.”

From Blown to Bits The Lonely Man of Rakata, the Malay Archipelago by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne

Later volcanic work built up a number of small cones within the crater, and still later a new cone, called Rakata, rose on the edge of the old one to a height of 2,623 feet.

From The San Francisco calamity by earthquake and fire by Charles Morris

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