By Jonathan

Geographic areaGeographic area

• Ring of fireRing of fire

Tectonic platesTectonic plates

• northeastward northeastward

moving of the moving of the

Indo-Australian Indo-Australian

plate plate

Where/When/SizeWhere/When/Size

• Indonesia, SumatraIndonesia, Sumatra• Biggest eruption in Biggest eruption in

18831883• 3rd largest eruption 3rd largest eruption

ever recordedever recorded• 813 meters high 7 813 meters high 7

kmkm widewide• Heard 5,000 km awayHeard 5,000 km away Were Krakatau isWere Krakatau is

Human/Enviromental Human/Enviromental ImpactsImpacts

• Blew away 2/3 ofBlew away 2/3 of

IslandIsland

• 36,000 people 36,000 people

died died

• 165 villages 165 villages

destroyeddestroyed

• 132 damaged132 damaged

Caldera FormationCaldera Formation

• CollapseCollapse

ofof

landland

HistoryHistory

• Krakatu was on Krakatu was on Rakata islandRakata island

• 1st eruption 416 1st eruption 416 b.cb.c

• There was a There was a Caldera Caldera

Danan and Danan and Perbuwatan sankPerbuwatan sank

Anak KrakatauAnak Krakatau

• Creation of IslandCreation of Island

• 19271927

Eruptions of todayEruptions of today

• Anak of Krakatau,Anak of Krakatau,

Child of KrakatauChild of Krakatau

• October 31st 2007October 31st 2007

BibliographyBibliography

• www.volcano.und.edu/vwdocs/www.volcano.und.edu/vwdocs/current_volcs/current_volcs/krakataukrakatau//krakataukrakatau.html - .html - 7k 7k

• www.southeast_asia/indonesia/www.southeast_asia/indonesia/– volcano.und.edu/vwdocs/volc_images/volcano.und.edu/vwdocs/volc_images/

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