On December 29, 1927, a group of Javanese fisherman who were startled by steam and debris belching from the sea above the collapsed caldera, thus marking the reawakening of Krakatau after 44 years of calm. The activity continued, and on January 26, 1928 the rim of a basaltic scoria cone first appeared above sealevel. A year later, it had grown into a small island which was quickly dubbed Anak ("Child of") Krakatau.
Anak Krakatau is the active cone that has built up in the caldera of Krakatau volcano after the 1883 cataclysmic eruption, in the Sunda Strait. Initially submarine, this new cone definitely emerged from the sea in 1930 and since then has progressively grown up through both explosive and effusive eruptions (~ one eruption every 3 years).
Typically, eruptions were rather mild strombolian to vulcanian of basaltic andesite lava flows and associated tephra deposits. Although they presented little danger to surrounding islands, the eruptions from Anak Krakatau provided a constant reminder of the horror of 1883.
