Krakatoa

Krakatoa
An 1888 lithograph of the 1883 eruption of Krakatoa
Highest point
Elevation	813 m (2,667 ft)
Prominence	813 m (2,667 ft)
Isolation	21.71 km (13.49 mi)
Listing	Spesial Ribu
Coordinates	6°06′07″S 105°25′23″E / 6.102°S 105.423°E / -6.102; 105.423
Naming
Native name	Krakatau (Indonesian)
Geography
Krakatoa Location within Indonesia
Location	Indonesia
Geology
Mountain type	Caldera
Last eruption	1883[1]

Krakatoa (/ˌkrɑːkəˈtoʊə, ˌkræk-/), also transcribed Krakatau (/-ˈtaʊ/), is a caldera^[1] in the Sunda Strait between the islands of Java and Sumatra in the Indonesian province of Lampung. The caldera is part of a volcanic island group (Krakatoa archipelago) comprising four islands. Two of them are known as Lang and Verlaten, another, Rakata, is the only remnant of an island mostly destroyed by an eruption in 1883 which created the caldera.

In 1927, a fourth island, Anak Krakatoa, or "Child of Krakatoa", emerged from the caldera formed in 1883. There has been new eruptive activity since the late 20th century, with a large collapse causing a deadly tsunami in December 2018.