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| Anak Krakatau (Krakatau, Sundra Strait) |
Anak Krakatau, otherwise known as "Child of Krakatau" is the result of
the explosion of Mount Krakatau consisting of the volcanoes of, Perboewatan, Danan, and Rakata.
After nearly half a
century of peace from the killer island, sparks of activity were seen coming from the land mass. Not long after the
witnessed movement, "the rim of a basaltic scoria cone appeared above sea level" (Krakatau, Indonesia 1883 n.d.).
Anak Krakatau has been visited by Scientists to research the recent activity
as well as to "measure changes in the size and shape of the island"(O'Hanlon 2007)
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| "Child of Krakatau" (Geographic Dimensions of Indonesia's Increasing Importance in the World) |
According to geologist and Krakatau specialist Charles Mandeville of
the American Museum of Natural History, "Plumes of Krakatau's magma slowly moved upward, like bubbles in nearly frozen honey,
and eventually made a gaping, four-mile-wide by three-mile-deep caldera "super volcano" of which Anak Krakatau is just a little
piece of. Anak Krakatau is essentially growing as we speak on the periphery of the ancient caldera. The magma
Anak spews out is important to science because it has taken the express train from the deep earth.
It's a very, very intriguing
place to study because it's a window into the mantle" (O'Hanlon 2007).
This map is a good view of where the entire island was before the explosion.
It also shows where the "Child of Krakatau" (Anak Krakatau) is now
located.
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