Fun Facts
Krakatau is a caldera type of volcano
The Indonesion name is Krakatau
The Protuguese name is Krakatao
In 1883 the Tsunami and this volcano explosion came at the same time
It killed 36,417 people and16 towns or villages
In 1927 over small eruptions happened and Anak Krakatau formed
Anak Krakatau in 1960 was 545ft. tall an diameter was about a mile an 1.5
the histric times of deadliest eruptions in 1883 it killed more than 36,000 people
There was a 1000 hour column of fire that rose out of place crater where they heard a cannon sound and everyone ran(Visser, 1920)
The best explotions series is in August 1883
It was formed by subduction
This volcano is so powerful that the magma went in the ocean
It could be heard a 300 miles away