Talk:Rakata

islands/volcanoes
The passage "It is one of three islands that formed the volcano Krakatoa, the others being Danan and Perboewatan." should be revised: "It is one of three VOLCANOES that formed the ISLAND of Krakatoa, ..." The islands were Krakatoa, Lang (or "Long"; Indonesian- Rakata Kecil), and Verlaten ("Forsaken"; Indo.- Sertung). All three islands are still extant- Lang and Verlaten actually grew in size from falling debris in 1883. The southern half of Rakata is what remains of the main island of Krakatoa.

-source is any book or map of Krakatoa CFLeon 05:08, 2 January 2006 (UTC)


 * Problem solved in rewriting of entry. CFLeon 23:45, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

Rakata/Krakatau
The article includes the puzzling sentence "Because the words Rakata and Krakatau are the same in Indonesian, both names are used interchangeably, leading to confusion in languages which distinguish between the two words." "Rakata" and "Krakatau" are quite clearly NOT the same in Indonesian - in the Indonesian-language version of the article they both occur separately, and all the letters in them occur in Indonesian. Maybe they are used interchangeably in Indonesian to mean both the volcanic cone and the whole island - but that is not what the sentence says. Perhaps it should simply read "Rakata and Krakatau are used interchangeably in Indonesian, leading to confusion in languages which distinguish between the two words." But further confusion is caused by the next sentence, which reads "In geological usage, Krakatau is the island and Rakata is the main volcanic cone on that island." This suggests that the distinction is not in fact between Indonesian and other languages, but between geological and non-geological usage - i.e. even Indonesian geologists use "Krakatau" for the island and "Rakata" for the volcanic cone. In short, this whole section is a mess!213.127.210.95 (talk) 14:42, 4 November 2017 (UTC)