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Krakatau

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[krak-uh-tou, krah-kuh-] / ˌkræk əˈtaʊ, ˌkrɑ kə- /
Also Krakatao,

noun

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


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Scientists at the center said that since the 2018 eruption and collapse, Anak Krakatau island is now only about a quarter of its original size.

From Seattle Times Jun. 10, 2023

As of Friday, four Indonesian volcanoes were at the second-highest alert level, including Anak Krakatau, Merapi in Central Java, Semeru in East Java, and Karangetang in North Sulawesi.

From Reuters Jun. 9, 2023

Boslough believes shock wave tsunamis may have been triggered by even stronger eruptive explosions, such as the 1883 outburst at Indonesia’s Krakatau volcano, or the most explosive phases of Yellowstone’s megaeruption 2.1 million years ago.

From Science Magazine Jan. 25, 2022

Some volcanologists drew comparisons to the catastrophic explosion of Krakatau in Indonesia in 1883 and to the most recent huge eruption, of Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines, in 1991.

From New York Times Jan. 19, 2022

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

From Darwin and Modern Science by A. C. (Albert Charles) Seward

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