sorry i meant krakatoa
Krakatoa, or
Krakatau (
Indonesian:
Krakatau), is a
volcanic island situated in the
Sunda Strait between the islands of
Java and
Sumatra in the
Dutch East Indies (modern
Indonesia). The name is also used for the surrounding island group and sometimes the
volcano as a whole. The
Krakatoa volcanoes erupted and exploded in 1883, causing a massive tsunami and killing an estimated 36,417 people, while simultaneously destroying over two-thirds of Krakatoa island. The explosion is considered to be the loudest sound ever heard in modern history, with reports of it being heard up to 3,000 miles (4,800 km) from its point of origin. The
shock waves from the explosion were recorded on
barographs around the globe.
Currently, what had been the northern-most of the three pre-1883 Krakatoa volcanoes,
Perboewatan, has re-emerged from the ocean, and is the principal force in the on-going formation of a new island,
Anakrakatoa, or "Child of Krakatoa".