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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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Volcanic eruptions have triggered past tsunamis in Indonesia, including an 1871 eruption at Mount Ruang and the 2018 eruption of the Anak Krakatau volcano.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 18, 2024

Proud said the 1883 Krakatau eruption in Indonesia probably also reached the mesosphere.

From Reuters • Nov. 3, 2022

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 Seward, A. C. (Albert Charles)

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