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Krakatoa Volcano

By:Arriannah

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Location~

  • its an island
  • it’s in between sunda and java and sumatra
  • destroyed much of the island
  • island is made up of the volcano
  • people live on this island
  • below sea level
  • 3 miles wide and 5.5 miles long

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Location 2~

  • before first explosion there were three volcanic peaks
  • there was little eruptions underwater before
  • still active today
  • Started with three volcanic peaks shown in the photo

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Damage~

  • 165 villages were destroyed
  • The longest one of them lasted for is 26 hours and 56 mins.
  • stormy heavy rains and rough seas when the volcano starts
  • august 1883 was the first time it erupted
  • 36000 have died because of this volcano
  • since 1927 there is still small eruptions

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Severity~

  • clouds can be up to 6 miles high
  • thunder after that and rough storms last really long after small eruptions occur
  • killed 36000 people
  • Ash flies throughout the air for days at a time after an eruption(even the smallest one)
  • clouds stayed for up to two months

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Evidence~

  • earthquakes triggered the volcano to erupt between 1877 to 1883
  • 416 and a volcano broke the island up into smaller pieces
  • each time the volcano erupted it made this island bigger
  • began under water from trenches
  • began on the ocean floor

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Bibliography~

Works Cited

Furgang, Kathy. Krakatoa history's loudest valcona. New York: The Rosen Publishing Group, 2001. Print.

"krakatoa facts." krakatoa volcano:facts. N.p., 26 Mar. 2016. Web. 30 Mar. 2016. <http://www.livescience.com/28186-krakatoa.html>.

"Krakatoa, Indonesia." Krakatoa, Indonesia. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Mar. 2016. <http://volcano.oregonstate.edu/oldroot/volcanos/krakatau/krakatua.html>.

Winchester, Simon. The Day The World Exploded. First edition ed. New York: Collins, 2007. Print.

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