Anak Krakatau — located east of Jakarta, Indonesia — has been active since 1927 and erupted nearly every year, according to a volcanologist-run website called Volcano Discovery, which catalogs ...

KRAKATOA volcano in Indonesia has exploded, shooting an ash column some 13km high into the air in the shocking eruption. When was Krakatoa's last eruption? Is it still erupting now?

Krakatau was also the first scientifically well recorded and studied eruption of a volcano, from the very beginning to its disastrous ending. In May of 1883, the first clouds of vapor were noted ...

Krakatoa, west of Java, erupted with such fury in 1883 that it reportedly was heard as far away as Bangkok and Australia. It blew the island of Rakata to pieces and killed more than 30,000 people.

What spawned from the ash and debris was a new volcano, given the name Anak Krakatau, or “child of Krakatoa.” It literally rose up out of the ocean in 1927 and has been erupting continuously ...