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Latest news from Krakatau:
Anak Krakatau volcano (Indonesia): summit lava dome continues to grow
The growing lava dome inside Anak Krakatau's summit crater on 7 May 2012 (photo: Cornel Popescu)
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
As a recent visit to Anak Krakatau shows, the summit lava dome inside the crater continues to grow. So far, no significant explosive activity seems to... [more]
Krakatau volcano (Sunda Strait, Indonesia): new ash venting
Ash venting at Krakatau on 7 April 2012 (photo: Øystein Lund Andersen)
Tuesday, Apr 10, 2012
It appears that a new vent has opened at the new lava dome of Anak Krakatau volcano and started to emit ash, as Øystein Lund Andersen reports from a r... [more]

Volcanoes of the Sunda Strait, Indonesia

Krakatau (Anak Krakatau)
Krakatau (Anak Krakatau)
(caldera)		 Violent eruption of Krakatau showering the summit cone with incandescent bombs.Krakatau, a small island group in the Sunda Strait between the islands of Sumatra and Java is one of the world's most famous volcanoes. It is a mostly submerged caldera with 3 outer islands belonging to the rim and a new cone, Anak Krakatau, that has been forming a new island sin... [more]