QUESTION:
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Is Krakatau "East of Java" as the movie title says ?
ANSWER:
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No. While First Point lighthouse on the far west end of Java, is approximatly 70
kilometers (45 miles) south-southwest of Krakatau, the majority of the Island of Java is
east-southeast of Krakatau.
-- From: Newhall and Dzurisin, 1988, USGS Bulletin 1855, and Simkin and Fiske, 1983,
Smithsonian Institution, map on p.24-25.
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