Krakatoa specimens
Date
2012
1883
1883
Object type
Material
Subject
Content object
Description
A sample of pumice [left as viewed] from the 1883 eruption of Krakatoa and a sample of lava [right as viewed] extruded from Anak Krakatau ('Child of Krakatoa') in 2012.
The Royal Society took an invested interest in the famous 1883 eruption of Krakatoa. Prior to 1883, natural philosophers had struggled to understand volcanoes and Krakatoa incentivised them to uncover more. The Society's Council set up a Krakatoa Committee to investigate it, while several Fellows flocked to the site to report on the aftermath.
Anak Krakatau, an island that emerged at the site of the original volcano, collapsed into the sea in December 2018, precipitating a deadly tsunami.
The Royal Society took an invested interest in the famous 1883 eruption of Krakatoa. Prior to 1883, natural philosophers had struggled to understand volcanoes and Krakatoa incentivised them to uncover more. The Society's Council set up a Krakatoa Committee to investigate it, while several Fellows flocked to the site to report on the aftermath.
Anak Krakatau, an island that emerged at the site of the original volcano, collapsed into the sea in December 2018, precipitating a deadly tsunami.
Object history
On loan to the Royal Society from Amber Madden-Nadeau, the Department of Earth Sciences, Oxford University, 2019.
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