Krakatau

[ krak-uh-tou, krah-kuh- ]

noun

1. a volcano and small island in Indonesia, between Java and Sumatra: violent eruption 1883.

Example Sentences

One of the deadliest examples in modern history of a volcano triggering a tsunami was the Krakatau disaster in Indonesia in 1883.

From Washington Post

For eight weeks Krakatau blazed and thundered, the explosions being audible at Batavia, eighty miles off.

From Project Gutenberg

Krakatau, though uninhabited, was the occasional resort of fishermen who plied their calling in the Sunda Straits.

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In 1883 the small island of Krakatau was destroyed by the most violent volcanic eruption on record.

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It is still the remains of the great volcanic eruption on the island of Krakatau, in the Straits of Sunda, eighteen months ago.

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Krakatau shows us an earlier stage and how by simple agencies, continually at work, that stock might be supplied.

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