Crossword clues for krakatoa
krakatoa
- Volcano that violently erupted in 1883
- Volcano in the Sunda Strait
- Volcanic island near Sumatra
- Volcanic island near Java
- Volcanic island between Java and Sumatra
- Volcanic Indonesian island that erupted violently in 1883
- Noted 1883 erupter
- Mount that erupted in 1883
- Indo-nesian volcano
- Eruption site of 1883
- Erupter of 1883
- . . in Indonesia
- Volcano that famously erupted in 1883
- A small volcanic island in Indonesia between Java and Sumatra
- Its violent eruption in 1883 was the greatest in recorded history
- Indonesian volcanic island
- Eruption site: 1883
- Volcano erupting in 1883
- State rescue vessel comes back to a massive explosion
- Site of 1883 volcanic explosion
- Indonesian volcano that erupted in 1883
- Indonesian island, 1883 site of a huge volcanic eruption
- Indonesian caldera
Wikipedia
Krakatoa, or Krakatau , is a volcanic island situated in the Sunda Strait between the islands of Java and Sumatra in the Indonesian province of Lampung. The name is also used for the surrounding island group comprising the remnants of a much larger island of three volcanic peaks which was obliterated in a cataclysmic 1883 eruption, unleashing huge tsunamis (killing more than 36,000 people) and destroying over two-thirds of the island. The explosion is considered to be the loudest sound ever heard in modern history, with reports of it being heard up to from its point of origin. The shock waves from the explosion were recorded on barographs worldwide for days afterward.
In 1927 a new island, Anak Krakatau, or "Child of Krakatoa", emerged from the caldera formed in 1883 and is the current location of eruptive activity.
Krakatoa is a modular explosive device used for explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) or demolitions developed by the British company Alford Technologies. The device is designed to fire a number of different projectiles, operates both in air and underwater, and can be used in a vertical or horizontal orientation.
The device was featured during the second season of Discovery Channel's television series Future Weapons, in which it was shown penetrating an inch of steel plate at 25 yards. The device's casing is made of plastic which is packed with plastique ( C4) and capped with an inverted copper cone.
The device itself is "no bigger than a standard can of coke."
It is named after the famous 1883 eruption of Krakatoa, which resulted in the loudest sound ever heard and was the second deadliest volcanic eruption in recorded history.
Krakatoa (also spelt Krakatau or Krakatao) may refer to:
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Krakatoa, a volcano in Indonesia
- 1883 eruption of Krakatoa
- Krakatoa documentary and historical materials
Krakatoa is a 1933 American Pre-Code short documentary film produced by Joe Rock. It won the Academy Award in 1934 for Best Short Subject (Novelty). Educational Pictures (or Educational Film Exchanges, Inc.) was the film distributor of the film.
This film was notable for overwhelming the sound systems of the cinemas of the time. In Australia, the distributors insisted on a power output of 10 watts RMS as a minimum for cinemas wishing to show the film. This was then considered a large system, and forced many cinemas to upgrade. A revised version was made in 1966 for the Library of Congress.