Crossword-Solution: KRAKATOA
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| Indonesian volcano that erupted in 1883 | 1 answer |
| well known after suffering an immense eruption in 1883 | 1 answer |
| Volcano that violently erupted in 1883 | 1 answer |
| Volcano that famously erupted in 1883 | 1 answer |
| Volcano in the Sunda Strait | 1 answer |
| Volcanic island near Sumatra | 1 answer |
| Volcanic island near Java | 1 answer |
| Scene of 1883 explosion. | 1 answer |
| Mount that erupted in 1883 | 1 answer |
| Island west of Java, notwithstanding a 1969 film title | 1 answer |
| Indonesian volcano | 1 answer |
| Indonesian volcanic island | 1 answer |
| Indonesian erupter of 1883 | 1 answer |
| Indonesia's active volcano. | 1 answer |
| Eruption site: 1883 | 1 answer |
| Eruption site of 1883 | 1 answer |
| . . . in Indonesia | 1 answer |
| BRIEFLY NOTWITHSTANDING | 10 answers |
| MOVIE title | 73 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
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Sentences with KRAKATOA (5)
This is roughly twice the volume of material blasted loose by the Indonesian volcano, Krakatoa, whose explosion in 1883 was the most powerful terrestrial event ever recorded.
Sunsets around the world were noticeably reddened for several years after the Krakatoa eruption, indicating that large amounts of volcanic dust had entered the stratosphere.
Even at the time I attributed the phenomenon to volcanic disturbance, and I have since found that it was most likely due to an eruption of the volcano of Krakatoa.
When Krakatoa Mountain, in the Straits of Sunda, in 1883, split asunder and poured across the land a mighty wave, in which thirty-six thousand human beings perished, the results also were more terrible.
Then, on May 20, 1883, there were heard at Batavia, a hundred miles away, “booming sounds like the firing of artillery.” Next day the captain of a vessel passing through the Straits saw that Krakatoa was in eruption, sending up clouds of smoke and showers of dust and pumice.
Quotes with KRAKATOA (2)
Krakatoa, spelled “Krakatau” in Indonesian, is a volcano in the Sunda Strait between Java and Sumatra. It is also the name of an island group made up of what is left of a larger island, consisting of three volcanic peaks that were destroyed by the catastrophic 1883 eruption. This explosive force was equivalent to 100,000 Hiroshima sized atomic bombs. It was the loudest sound ever heard in modern history and could be heard up to 3,000 miles away. At that time, the explosion ca…
Each instant brought them, more momentous than the explosion of Krakatoa. It was only that no one noticed. We are to accustomed to the absurdity of existence. The loss of a universe is not worth taking seriously.
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Appears in: Boston Globe, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, NY Sun, NYT, WSJ.
Used 19 times in crossword archives (1956–2025).