Mount Anak Krakatau:
A series of intense volcanic eruptions at Indonesia’s Mount Anak Krakatau blanketed Jakarta and surrounding provinces in dense ash clouds.An active volcanic island and stratovolcano featuring a pyroclastic cone. Its name translates to Child of Krakatoa in Indonesian.Located in Situated in the Sunda Strait between the major islands of Java and Sumatra, within the protected waters of Ujung Kulon National Park.Originated within the deep marine caldera created by the catastrophic 1883 VEI-6 eruption of Krakatoa, which annihilated two-thirds of the original island.Following submarine eruptive activity that started in early 1927, repeated cycles of basaltic accumulation breached the ocean surface, permanently rising above sea level on August 11, 1930.
