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5
°
Borneo
0
°
Coastline inundated
by tsunami
15
Height of run-up (m)
-5
°
Telok Betong
Kelimbang
24
22
42
-10
°
Merak
3
24
105
°
110
°
115
°
36
30
Vlakken Hoek
11
Anjer Lor
15
Batavia
Krakatau
23
Tjaringin
15
0 0
km
Welcome Bay
Fig. 8.3
Coastline in the Sunda Strait affected by tsunami following the eruption of Krakatau August 26-27, 1883. Based on Verbeek (
1884
),
Blong (
1984
), and Myles (
1985
)
Fig. 8.4
Coral boulder moved
by the tsunami generated by the
eruption of Krakatau at Anyer,
Indonesia. Source Dr. Laura
Kong, Director of the ITIC
(Honolulu)
of Kelimbang and Telok Betong were each struck by a wave
22-24 m high. In the latter town, the Dutch warship Berouw
was carried 2 km inland and left stranded 10 m above sea
level. Coral blocks weighing up to 600 tonnes were moved
onshore (Fig.
8.4
). Within the Strait, 11 waves rolled in
over the next 15 h, while at Batavia (now Jakarta) 14
