Krakatoa

Kra·ka·tau

K0107100 (krăk′ə-tou′, krä′kə-) or Kra·ka·to·a (-tō′ə) A volcanic island of Indonesia between Sumatra and Java. An explosive eruption in August 1883 destroyed most of the island and caused a tsunami that killed more than 36,000 people.

Krakatoa

(ˌkrɑːkəˈtəʊə; ˌkrækəˈtəʊə) or

Krakatau

n (Placename) 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"). Also called: Rakata

Thesaurus

Noun

Krakatoa - a small volcanic island in Indonesia between Java and Sumatra; its violent eruption in 1883 was the greatest in recorded historyKrakatao, KrakatauDutch East Indies, Indonesia, Republic of Indonesia - a republic in southeastern Asia on an archipelago including more than 13,000 islands; achieved independence from the Netherlands in 1945; the principal oil producer in the Far East and Pacific regions

Krakatoa

(krākətō`ə, krä–) or

Krakatau

(kräkätou`), volcanic island, c.5 sq mi (13 sq km), W Indonesia, in Sunda Strait between Java and Sumatra; rising to 2,667 ft (813 m). A momentous volcanic explosion on Aug. 23, 1883, blew up most of the island, destroying two of the three volcanoes that had coalesced to form it, and also altered the configuration of the strait. The accompanying pyroclastic flows and tsunami caused great destruction and the loss of more than 36,000 lives along the nearby coasts of Java and Sumatra. The explosion is classed as one of the largest volcanic eruptions in modern times; debris was scattered across the Indian Ocean as far as Madagascar, and several islands were formed temporarily near Krakatoa. Krakatoa itself was formed in the aftermath of an earlier eruption that created the nearby islands of Verlaten, or Sertung, and Lang, or Panjang. Since 1927 Anak Krakatau [Bahasa Indonesia,=child of Krakatau], an island and volcano, c.360 ft (110 m), has gradually risen from the sea in the caldera formed by the 1883 eruption. The new volcano has had many frequent lesser eruptions. Much of the island collapsed during an eruption in 2018, causing a devastating tsunami that killed several hundred people in nearby Java and Sumatra.

Bibliography

See S. Winchester, Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded (2003).

Krakatoa

volcano in southwest Pacific which violently exploded in 1883, destroying the island. [Asian Hist.: NCE, 1500]See: Destruction

Krakatoa

volcanic explosion on this Indonesian island heard 3000 miles away (1883). [Asian Hist.: NCE, 1500]See: Loudness

Krakatoa

, Krakatau 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")

Krakatoa

Kra·ka·tau

Krakatoa

Krakatau

Krakatoa

Krakatoa

Krakatau

Bibliography

Krakatoa

Krakatoa

Krakatoa

Krakatoa

Synonyms for Krakatoa

noun a small volcanic island in Indonesia between Java and Sumatra

Synonyms

Related Words