Krakatoa (/ˌkrɑːkəˈtoʊə, ˌkræk-/), also transcribed Krakatau (/-ˈtaʊ/), is a caldera in the Sunda Strait between the islands of Java and Sumatra in the...
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on 20 May 1883, and ending on 21 October 1883, the volcanic island of Krakatoa, located in the Sunda Strait, had repeated, months long volcanic eruptions...
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in 1883 by the explosive volcanic eruption that destroyed the island of Krakatoa. There has been sporadic eruptive activity at the site since the late 20th...
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Krakatoa, East of Java is a 1968 American disaster film starring Maximilian Schell and Brian Keith. During the 1970s, the film was re-released under the...
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Krakatoa, also known as Krakatau, is a volcano in Indonesia. Krakatoa may also refer to: 1883 eruption of Krakatoa Anak Krakatoa, a new island rising from...
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The Krakatoa Archipelago is a small uninhabited archipelago of volcanic islands formed by the Krakatoa stratovolcano located in the Sunda Strait, nestled...
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Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded is a 2003 book by Simon Winchester covering the 1883 eruption of Krakatoa. Winchester examines the annihilation in...
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2018 Sunda Strait tsunami (redirect from 2018 Krakatoa tsunami)
around 21:38 local time after large parts of the southwestern side of Anak Krakatoa collapsed onto its caldera. The landslide spawned a tsunami wave that struck...
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sunsets over Chelsea in England in the years after the 1883 explosion of the Krakatoa volcano, recording details otherwise unavailable before the invention of...
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Krakatoa: The Last Days (also titled Krakatoa: Volcano of Destruction in the U.S. on the Discovery Channel) is a BBC Television docudrama that premiered...
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the Simeulue, Nias, Mentawai, Enggano, Riau Islands, Bangka Belitung and Krakatoa archipelago. Sumatra is an elongated landmass spanning a diagonal northwest–southeast...
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Quasi-biennial oscillation (redirect from Krakatoa Winds)
recorded westerly was only 15.62 m/s in June 1995. In 1883, the eruption of Krakatoa led to visual tracking of subsequent volcanic ash in the stratosphere....
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Krakatoa, in the Sunda Strait in Indonesia, has attracted a significant literature and media response to the 1883 eruption and subsequent events in the...
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Hypselodoris krakatoa is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae. The holotype of this nudibranch...
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Krakatoa is a 1933 American Pre-Code short documentary film produced by Joe Rock. It won the Academy Award in 1934 for Best Short Subject (Novelty). Educational...
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Generaal Loudon, a ship that survived the 1883 explosion of Krakatoa in the BBC docu-drama Krakatoa: The Last Days. In 2015, he played Max Scullion in Father...
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produced vast volcanic ash that blanketed nearby areas. The eruption of Mount Krakatoa in 1883, a VEI-6 eruption, produced the loudest sound in recorded history...
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Megatsunami (section 1883: Krakatoa, Sunda Strait)
modern megatsunamis include the one associated with the 1883 eruption of Krakatoa (volcanic eruption), the 1958 Lituya Bay megatsunami (a landslide which...
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Rakata (category Krakatoa)
partially collapsed and uninhabited stratovolcano on the Indonesian island of Krakatoa (Indonesian: Krakatau) in the Sunda Strait between the islands of Sumatra...
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Tinissa krakatoa is a moth of the family Tineidae. It was described by Robinson in 1976. It is found in Indonesia (Krakatau). Global Taxonomic Database...
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films included The Great Escape, Guns at Batasi, Von Ryan's Express and Krakatoa, East of Java. In 2009, he also had a small role in the film Telstar, a...
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included the volcanic island group of Krakatoa in Lampung province, although current maps has suggested the Krakatoa island group as its own protected area...
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tsunami in recorded history was that produced by the 1883 eruption of Krakatoa. The waves reached heights of 40 m (130 ft) and killed 36,000 people. A...
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Krakatoa is a modular explosive device used for explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) or demolitions developed by the British company Alford Technologies....
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mail steamer and excursion vessel which survived the 1883 eruption of Krakatoa. The ship was built by Caird & Company of Greenock, Scotland, in 1875 and...
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coastline is now very densely populated. Aside from Krakatoa's sole remaining peak, Rakata, the Krakatoa Archipelago consists of the islands of Lang (Panjang...
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The Twenty-One Balloons (category 1883 eruption of Krakatoa)
retired schoolteacher whose ill-fated balloon trip leads him to discover Krakatoa, an island full of great wealth and fantastic inventions. The events and...
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Narrator Krakatoa: The Last Days (2006) Director TV movies King Girl (1996) Quite Ugly One Morning (2004) The Quatermass Experiment (2005) Krakatoa - The...
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in Indonesia. The last major tsunami was caused by the 1883 eruption of Krakatoa. Not every earthquake produces large tsunamis: on 28 March 2005, a magnitude...
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pink-necked green pigeon has a similar behaviour. After the main island of Krakatoa was obliterated in a volcanic eruption in 1883, leaving a handful of smaller...
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