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Krakatau or Anak-Krakatau is a Caldera forming volcano. Krakatoa is the re-emergence of the original volcano Krakatoa which blew itself apart in a massive V.E.I. 6 eruption in 1883 that completely destroyed and submerged the volcano. It later re-surfaced and was named Krakatau after rebuilding itself from the caldera it had formed. The volcano erupts explosively almost always, although the eruptions are of varying strengths and degrees. Its last eruption was in 2010. The volcano is composed primarily of Rhyolite, yet has shown intrusions of much hotter Basalt into its eruptions in the past.

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