'''Verlaten''' (Dutch: "Deserted" or "Forsaken"; modern Indonesian: "Sertung") Island is an island in the
Sunda Strait in
Indonesia, between
Java and
Sumatra. It is one of the
Krakatoa Islands, near the famous
volcano. Verlaten suffered little damage in the
1883 eruption. Instead, it grew in area due to
pumice fall.
Form
Verlaten is a rather low island with a hill in the middle. After the 1883 eruption, Verlaten developed a low
spit of land to the northeast with a
brackish lake near the end. This lake became a waterfowl haven.
References
Furneaux, Rupert (1964) Krakatoa