(ˌkrɑːkəˈtəʊə, ˌkrækəˈtəʊə) or Krakatau (ˌkrɑːkəˈtaʊ, ˌkrækəˈtaʊ)
noun
a volcanic island in Indonesia, in the Sunda Strait between Java and Sumatra: partially destroyed by its eruption in 1883, the greatest in recorded history. Further eruptions 44 years later formed a new island, Anak Krakatau ("Child of Krakatau")