Verlaten Island

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{{Short description|Island in the Sunda Strait in Indonesia}}

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Verlaten Island (Dutch: "Abandoned", "Deserted" or "Forsaken"; modern Indonesian: Sertung) is a volcanic island. It may have been created in the 535 AD eruption of Krakatoa. It is located in the Sunda Strait in Indonesia, between Java and Sumatra. It is part of the Krakatoa Archipelago, above the famous Krakatoa volcano. Other than some minor collapse in the southeast (closest to the main island of Krakatoa),{{cite news |last1=Sturdy |first1=E. W. |title=The Volcanic Eruption of Krakatoa |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1884/09/the-volcanic-eruption-of-krakatoa/376174/ |access-date=11 February 2024 |work=The Atlantic Monthly |date=September 1884}} Verlaten suffered little damage in the 1883 eruption. Instead, it grew almost three times in area due to pumice fall, although most of the gain was quickly eroded away.