GVP volcano 262000 · no holder yet
Krakatau
Krakatau is a 285 m caldera in Indonesia, erupting as recently as 2024.
- Type
- Caldera
- Summit
- 285 m above sea level
- Rock
- Andesite / Basaltic Andesite
- Setting
- Subduction zone, continental, over 25 km
- Last eruption
- 2024
- Largest known
- VEI 6, colossal, 1883
- Eruptions
- 57 confirmed in the record
- Where
- 6.10°S 105.42°E · Indonesia
- Region
- Sunda Volcanic Arc, Sunda-Banda Volcanic Regions
- Record
- Global Volcanism Program, volcano 262000
Not a hazard warning. For safety information follow the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (its directory lists the observatory for each country).