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Krakatoa erupted in 1883 in one of the most cataclysmic natural events in recorded history. The area is still rife with volcanic activity. Anak Krakatoa (Child of Krakatoa) has been growing and erupting since the late 1920s. It is possible for boats to land on the eastern shore of this young volcano, and depending on recent activity, visitors can climb to the rim of the caldera.

Since 16th century, Krakatau Island, Indonesia had been well known and recorded in the history, which is situated in Sunda Strait, between Java and Sumatera Island. Lampung Province controls the administration of this island. Krakatau Island, Indonesia is famous for Krakatau volcano. The height of ancient Krakatau was estimated 2,000 meters and radius of 9 kms. The major eruption occurred in the pre historical period (416 AD) as documented in the ancient Javanese book "Pustaka Raja". The most recent major eruption of Krakatau volcano occurred on 27th of the August 1883 and ruined most of its body and caused big wave with 40 metres height. Krakatau Monument situated at Teluk Betung.

Verlaten, Lang and Krakatau Island, Indonesia are remnants of Krakatau volcano and
after the rest of 44 years, the small eruptions have created a new island, Anak Krakatau or child of Krakatau, which was appeared in December 1927 and expanding until now.
At present, Krakatau Island, Indonesia is enriched with valuable minerals such as volcanic bomb, lava, lappili. This island now invites every one to come and witness for science as well as for pleasure. Anak Krakatau has reached more or less 200 m above sea level and the diameter of this island is 2 kilometres.

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The island group of Krakatoa (or Krakatau) lies in the Sunda Strait between Java and Sumatra. Krakatoa is infamous for its violent Plinian eruption in 1883, that destroyed the previous volcanic edifice and enlarged its caldera.
Collapse of the former volcanic edifice, perhaps in 416 AD, had formed a 7-km-wide caldera. Remnants of this ancestral volcano are preserved in Verlaten and Lang Islands; subsequently Rakata, Danan and Perbuwatan volcanoes were formed, coalescing to create the pre-1883 Krakatoa island. Caldera collapse during the catastrophic 1883 eruption destroyed Danan and Perbuwatan volcanoes, and left only a remnant of Rakata volcano.
This eruption, the 2nd largest in Indonesia during historical time (the most violent being the eruption of Tambora in 1815), caused more than 36,000 fatalities, most as a result of devastating tsunamis that swept the adjacent coastlines of Sumatra and Java. Pyroclastic surges traveled 40 km across the Sunda Strait and reached the Sumatra coast. After a quiescence of less than a half century, the post-collapse cone of Anak Krakatoa ("Child of Krakatoa") was constructed within the 1883 caldera at a point between the former cones of Danan and Perbuwatan. Anak Krakatau has been the site of frequent eruptions since 1927.