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Krakatau volcano
Caldera 813 m (2,667 ft.) / Anak Krakatau: 189 m
Sunda Strait, Indonesia, -6.1°S / 105.42°E
Krakatau volcano eruptions:
1530, 1680-81, 1684, 1883 (Plinian eruption), 1927-30, 1931-32, 1932-34, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938-40, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1946-47, 1949, 1950, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1958-59, 1959-63, 1965(?), 1969(?), 1972-73, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1988, 1992-93, 1994-95, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2007-8, April 2009-early 2010, Oct 2010 - March 2011, July-Oct 2011, Jan-May 2012
Typical eruption style:
Explosive. Construction of a cinder cone  island (Anak Krakatau) inside the caldera formed by the 1883 eruption. Frequent strombolian activity.
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Anak Krakatau volcano (Sunda Strait, Indonesia): activity update: continuing strombolian activity

Wednesday Nov 21, 2007 18:13 PM | BY: TOBIAS SCHORR

The Strombolian activity of Anak Krakatau is still going on with explosions and incandescence. Lava flows are visible from the islands around Anak Krakatau. The Alert Level remained at
3.
Previous news
Thursday, Nov 15, 2007
Anak Krakatau continues its new strombolian activity from the new vent south of the summit crater. The eruptions are producing small ash plumes, ejections of incandescent spatter bombs as well as lava flows, as news reports and data from KRAKMON indicate. Seismicity was at elevated levels. [more]
Thursday, Nov 08, 2007
There are still ongoing Strombolian eruptions from Anak Krakatau reported. [more]
Recent photos of Krakatau
Wednesday, Oct 31, 2007
GAK published a series of photos showing the new activity at Anak Krakatau. A vent located on the S flank of the summit cone formed as pit crater around 23 October; on around 25 October, phreatic (?) and probably phreatomagmatic ash eruptions started from this location, producing clouds of ash 200-300 m high, and occurring at intervals of 3-6 minutes. [more]
Monday, Oct 29, 2007
Our guide Doni from Indonesia just reported new eruptions at Anak Krakatau and that there are new craters on that volcano island. Also Soputan volcano is getting more active the last days. [more]
Wednesday, May 18, 2005

As the Volcanological Survey of Indonesia reports, seismic activity at Krakatoa has increased during the past days, and the alert level has been risen to 2 (out of 4).

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