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Definition of Krakatau
1. Noun. A small volcanic island in Indonesia between Java and Sumatra; its violent eruption in 1883 was the greatest in recorded history.
Group relationships: Dutch East Indies, Indonesia, Republic Of Indonesia
Generic synonyms: Island, Volcano
Lexicographical Neighbors of Krakatau
Literary usage of Krakatau
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1884)
"The island of Krakatau (such, and not Krakatoa, is the native name) is situated
in latitude 6° 7' 8., longitude 105° 26' E., in the fair-way of the Sunda ..."
2. The Problem of Volcanism by Joseph Paxson Iddings (1914)
"5. Quaternary and Recent Sediments. 6. Tertiary Terrane Verlaten Is Fio. 3.
PROFILE OF Krakatau AFTER ERUPTION OF 1883 RDM Verbeek ..."
3. Guide Through Netherlands India: Comp. by Order of the Koninklijke by Johan Frans van Bemmelen, G. B. Hooijer (1903)
"But we are fascinated by the Colossus which, on the 27th August. 1883, threatened
West-Java and South-Sumatra with complete destruction. Krakatau ..."
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