ID: 901001104 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001104	Record Type: Event/Narrative

	Eruption of Krakatoa (Dutch East Indies, 1883)

Note: Volcano eruption and global climate event. Krakatoa in the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) erupted 26-27 August 1883. On August 27, two-thirds of Krakatoa collapsed in a chain of titanic explosions, destroying most of the island and its surrounding archipelago.

Display Date: 26-27 August 1883

Names:

	Eruption of Krakatoa (Dutch East Indies, 1883) (preferred,English-P,D,P)

Hierarchical Position:

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		........Eruption of Krakatoa (Dutch East Indies, 1883) (P)

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... volcanic eruption
	.....(earth movements, natural events, events (activities), Events (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	affiliated/associated with .... climate change
	.....(environmental concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	located in .... Krakatoa
	.....(Lampung, Indonesia, Asia) (TGN)

Sources:

	Eruption of Krakatoa (Dutch East Indies, 1883)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)