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Erupción del Krakatoa de 1883; Usage on fa.wikipedia.org فوران ۱۸۸۳ آتشفشان کراکاتوآ; Usage on fi.wikipedia.org Krakataun tulivuorenpurkaus 1883; Usage on fr.wikipedia.org Éruption du Krakatoa en 1883; Le Cow-boy capitaine du Cutty Sark; Usage on ga.wikipedia.org Sliabh Krakatoa; Usage on gl.wikipedia.org Krakatoa
Krakatoa (/ ˌ k r ɑː k ə ˈ t oʊ ə, ˌ k r æ k-/), also transcribed Krakatau (/-ˈ t aʊ /), is a caldera [1] in the Sunda Strait between the islands of Java and Sumatra in the Indonesian province of Lampung.
At 6:44 am, Krakatoa exploded again at Danan, with the resulting tsunami propagating eastward and westward. The third and largest explosion, at 10:02 am, was so powerful that it was heard 3,110 km (1,930 mi) away in Perth , Western Australia, and the Indian Ocean island of Rodrigues near Mauritius , 4,800 km (3,000 mi) away, where the blast was ...
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A map of Europe as it appeared in 1815 after the Congress of Vienna. This article gives a detailed listing of all the countries, including puppet states, that have existed in Europe since the Congress of Vienna in 1815 to the present day. Each country has information separated into columns: name of the distinct country, its lifespan, the ...
Rakata (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 Danan and Perboewatan) and the only one not obliterated in the eruption of 1883. However, Rakata did lose its northern half in that eruption, leaving ...
Rakata is a volcanic cone with its northern face being a vertical cliff, exposing much of its eruptive history.More than 25 extrusion dikes have been counted; the largest at the center runs from sea level to 320 meters above and terminates in a large (about 6 meters in diameter), convex form.