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Krakatau volcano is in Sunda Strait (Indonesia) also between these two islands Java and Sumatra.The elavation is 2668 feet (813 meters). The last eruption was in 2005. It could be heard from 300 miles away. Krakatau was estimated to be 2000 meters high. The 1883 eruption blew the island apart. A "new child " of Krakatau has been born, Anak Krakatau. Anak Krakatau is a island in Krakatau. Anak Krakatau in 1960 was 545feet tall and the demeter is about a mile and 1.5. Krakatau island is a caldera type of volcano.In 1883 the historic deadliest time for Krakatau is in the year 1883.