Krakatoa is a scientific history of the 1883 eruption of krakatoa, a volcano located on a small island between java and sumatra in what is now indonesia and what was then the dutch east indies. Books about krakatau volcano krakatoa volcano krakatau. The legendary annihilation in 1883 of the volcanoisland of krakatoa the name. Twothirds of the original krakatoa island was obliterated by the 1883 eruption. Simon winchester tells the frightening tale of the biggest volcanic eruption in history using a blend of gentle geology and narrative history. The eruption of krakatoa, or krakatau, in august 1883 was one of the most deadly volcanic eruptions of modern history. Krakatoa is a small volcanic island in indonesia, located about 100 miles west of jakarta. This book far outdoes any of its rival works on the krakatoa volcano, particularly with respect to its stupendous eruption of 1883. The caldera is part of a volcanic island group krakatoa archipelago comprising four islands. The effects of the immense waves were felt as far away as france. Krakatoa volcano explodes in a spectacular large eruption with a small lateral blast on 17 oct 2018.
This bustling colonial backdrop provides an effective canvas for the suspense leading up to august 27th, 1883, when the nearby island of krakatoa would violently vaporize. This book is richly laden with information, history and anecdote, with description, scientific explanation and speculation regarding the 1883 volcanic eruption and destruction of the island of krakatoa which killed nearly 37,000 people, mainly owing to the ensuing immense tsunamis which ravaged the coastal regions of java and sumatra in indonesia. Note abundant volcanic lightning in many of these eruptions. Like all simon winchester books, this one takes a long, erratic detour over the course of a couple hundred pages before actually reaching the point. The eruption was one of the deadliest and most destructive volcanic events in. The legendary annihilation in 1883 of the volcanoisland of krakatoa the. The island group of krakatoa or krakatau lies in the sunda strait between java and sumatra. In august 1883, the eruption of the main island of krakatoa or krakatau killed more than 36,000 people. The legendary annihilation in 1883 of the volcanoisland of krakatoa the name has.
The great volcano on the island of krakatoa sometimes spelled as krakatau or krakatowa loomed over the sunda strait, between the islands of java and sumatra in present day indonesia. Krakatoa is infamous for its violent plinian eruption in 1883, that. Before the 1883 eruption, the volcanic mountain reached a height of approximately 2,600 feet above sea level. Book recommendations, author interviews, editors picks, and more. The island of krakatau is in the sunda strait between java and sumatra. The volcano stirred to life on 20 may 1883 with a series of moderate eruptions symons.
This book is richly laden with information, history and anecdote, with description, scientific explanation and speculation regarding the 1883 volcanic eruption and destruction of the island of krakatoa. While seismic activity around the volcano was intense in the years preceding the cataclysmic 1883 eruption, a series of lesser eruptions began on 20 may 1883. Krakatau, is a caldera in the sunda strait between the islands of java and sumatra in the indonesian province of lampung. Simon winchester, new york times bestselling author of the professor and the madman, examines the legendary annihilation in 1883 of the volcanoisland of krakatoa, which was followed by an immense tsunami that killed nearly forty thousand people. Instead of selectively culling lay and expert observations and reports about this phenomenal event, nearly all available reports are reproduced, verbatim, in chronological order, giving the reader an excellent view into the prologue to the great blast that was. Letusan krakatau 1883 in the sunda strait began on the afternoon of sunday, 26 august 1883with origins as early as that mayand peaked on the late morning of monday, 27 august 1883, when over 70% of the island of krakatoa and its surrounding. Krakatoa erupted at a time when technologies like the telegraph were becoming commonplace and asian trade routes were being expanded by northern european companies. There is a very fine book about the krakatau eruption by tom simkin and.
The eruption of the krakatoa volcano in 1883 was one of the most. Krakatau 1883, the volcanic eruption and its effects. The island that went straight up the new york times. When a volcano erupts, it can do terrible damage, as vesuvius did in a. Krakatoa is infamous for its violent plinian eruption in 1883, that destroyed the previous volcanic edifice and enlarged its caldera. Krakatau is an island volcano along the indonesian arc, between the much larger. Letusan krakatau 1883 in the sunda strait began on the afternoon of sunday, 26 august 1883with origins as early as that mayand peaked on the late morning of monday, 27 august 1883, when over 70% of the island of krakatoa. Indonesian volcano which triggered deadly tsunami in 2018 erupts again this is a big eruption for this volcano, but there is no reason to lose sleep, nasa scientist says.
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