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Krakatau Island

island in South Lampung Regency, Lampung Province, Indonesia
Mountain stratovolcano Q1245622

Facts

12 properties

Identity

Instance of
stratovolcano, island[5]

Location

Country
Indonesia[3]
Coordinate location
🗺️ -6.152°, 105.444°
Continent
Asia[4]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
South Lampung[2]

Population and size

Area
+10.2, +12.2935[11][12]
Elevation above sea level
+820[10]
More facts +5
Part of
Sumatra, Krakatoa archipelago[6][7]
Different from
Rakata[9]
Name
Krakatau, Krakatau, Rakata[13][14]
Replaces
Krakatoa[8]
Significant event
1883 eruption of Krakatoa
🏷️ Also known as
en Rakata Eiland en Krakata Island en Krakatau Island en Krakatoa en Kratau en Pulau Krakata en Pulau Krakatau en Rakata ar راكاتا es Isla Rakata fr île Krakatoa fr Krakatoa fr Rakata hu Rakata id Krakatau id Pulau Krakatau id Pulau Rakata id Rakata it Rakata ja ラカタ
🔖 Identifiers · 9
VIAF cluster ID
168636122
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Rakata-1.JPG ↗
Freebase ID
/m/04vt8y
GNS Unique Feature ID
-2693590
GeoNames ID
1630194
IdRef ID
027887731
Island code of Indonesia
18.01.40022
OBO Gazetteer ID
00051041
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["Volcano", "Krakatoa"], Entity["Mountain", "Krakatoa"]

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🔗 Connections
Instance of 2
island, stratovolcano
Part of 2
Sumatra, Krakatoa archipelago
Belongs to 1
Krakatoa archipelago
Continent 1
Asia
Country 1
Indonesia
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
South Lampung
Located in time zone 1
UTC+07:00
Replaces 1
Krakatoa
Significant event 1
1883 eruption of Krakatoa
← Replaced by 1
Krakatoa
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Summary

Krakatau Island is a stratovolcano[1].

Related Entities

Indonesia Sumatra

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . GEOnet Names Server. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . GEOnet Names Server. wikidata.org.
  4. [2] ↑ . Indonesian Minister of Home Affairs Decree Number 050-145 of 2022. wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . Indonesian Minister of Home Affairs Decree 300.2.2-2138 of 2025. wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . Indonesian Minister of Home Affairs Decree Number 050-145 of 2022. wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . GeoNames. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 12w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/46551|batch #46551]]: redundant value; it should not have a time zone."
  2. 27w ago · Ikan · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Replaces → —
    Elevation above sea level → {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+820'}
    Area → {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+10.2'}, {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+12.2935'}
    Replaces → Krakatoa
    + 16 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Wolfram Language entity code: Entity["Mountain", "Krakatoa"], [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/257096|batch #257096]]"
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