Krakatau Location: 6.102° S, 105.423° E Elevation: 812 m The renowned volcano Krakatau lies in the Sunda Strait between Java  and Sumatra. Collapse of the ancestral Krakatau edifice, perhaps in 416  AD, formed a 7-km-wide caldera. Remnants of this ancestral volcano are  preserved in Verlaten and Lang Islands; subsequently Rakata, Danan and  Perbuwatan volcanoes were formed, coalescing to create the pre-1883  Krakatau Island. Caldera collapse during the catastrophic 1883 eruption  destroyed Danan and Perbuwatan volcanoes, and left only a remnant of  Rakata volcano. This eruption, the 2nd largest in Indonesia during  historical time, caused more than 36,000 fatalities, most as a result of  devastating tsunamis that swept the adjacent coastlines of Sumatra and  Java. Pyroclastic surges traveled 40 km across the Sunda Strait and  reached the Sumatra coast. After a quiescence of less than a half century,  the post-collapse cone of Anak Krakatau (Child of Krakatau) was  constructed within the 1883 caldera at a point between the former cones  of Danan and Perbuwatan. Anak Krakatau has been the site of frequent  eruptions since 1927.  (Volcanic Global System)  Oct. 1988 HOME