Definitions for Krakatoa
kraka·toa

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1. Krakatau, Krakatao, Krakatoanoun

   a small volcanic island in Indonesia between Java and Sumatra; its violent eruption in 1883 was the greatest in recorded history

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1. Krakatoanoun

   a volcanic island made of u02BBau02BB lava in the Sunda Strait between the islands of Java and Sumatra in Indonesia

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1. Krakatoa

   Krakatoa (), also transcribed Krakatau (), is a caldera 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, Lang and Verlaten, are remnants of a previous volcanic edifice destroyed in eruptions long before the famous 1883 eruption; another, Rakata, is the remnant of a much larger island destroyed in the 1883 eruption. 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.

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1. krakatoa

   Krakatoa is a small volcanic island located in the Sunda Strait, between the islands of Java and Sumatra in Indonesia. It is most well-known for a catastrophic volcanic eruption in 1883, which created powerful tsunamis and significantly affected the climate and weather patterns in the following years. The main island of Krakatoa was virtually destroyed by the eruption, and its remnants form several smaller islands.

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1. Krakatoa

   Krakatoa, or Krakatau, is a volcanic island situated in the Sunda Strait between the islands of Java and Sumatra in Indonesia. The name is also used for the surrounding island group and the volcanoes as a whole. The Krakatoa volcanoes erupted and exploded in 1883, causing massive tsunamis and killing at least 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 from its point of origin. The shock waves from the explosion were recorded on barographs around the globe. Currently, what had been the northernmost 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, Anak Krakatau, or "Child of Krakatoa".

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Krakatoa in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Krakatoa in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Krakatoa
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Krakatoa
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krakatoa
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5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Krakatoa