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2 new islands appear near Indonesia’s Anak Krakatoa volcano after eruption

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Two new islands have emerged near Indonesia’s Anak Krakatoa volcano following a recent eruption. One island is located about 760 meters northwest and another 495 meters southeast of the volcano. The Indonesian agency monitoring the area suggests that these formations, likely the first in nearly a century within the caldera left by the 1883 eruption of Krakatoa, were created when fluid magma reached the surface through elongated openings, forming mounds offshore.

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In October 2026, two new islands appeared near Mount Anak Krakatoa, located in the Sunda Strait between Java and Sumatra. The Indonesian Centre for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) identified these formations using Sentinel satellite imagery from the European Space Agency. One island is situated about 760 meters northwest of Mount Anak Krakatoa, while the other is approximately 495 meters southwest. Rita Susilawati, head of PVMBG, noted that it's too early to call them "children" of Mount Anak Krakatoa since the volcano itself was formed by an underwater eruption in the caldera left after the catastrophic 1883 eruption of Krakatoa. Further research is needed to confirm if these islands will endure or be eroded away over time.

Written for “Indonesian Volcano Creates Islands” on 2026-10-21, grounded in this article and the 2 other(s) covering the same event.

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2 new islands appear near Indonesia’s Anak Krakatoa volcano after eruption The island-like mounds are likely the first in nearly a century to emerge within the caldera left by Krakatoa’s 1883 eruption Two new islands have appeared off Anak Krakatoa, potentially the first in nearly a century to emerge within the caldera left by Krakatoa’s catastrophic 1883 eruption.

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2026-10-02 · South China Morning Post

2 new islands appear near Indonesia’s Anak Krakatoa volcano after eruption · assertive framing

Claims (4 extracted, 0 hedged)

islands → appear → eruption

The agency places one about 760 metres (0.5 miles) off Anak Krakatoa’s northwest coast and the other some 495 metres to the southeast. asserted

agency → place → southeast

It has not verified their dimensions or elevation above sea level. asserted

It → verify → level

The agency’s preliminary interpretation is that relatively fluid magma released during the continuous eruption reached the surface via an elongated northwest-southeast opening, with erupted material forming two island-like mounds offshore. asserted

material → release → mounds