. The earth and its inhabitants .. . 01» 160 Feet. Depths. 160 to 320 Feet. 320 Feet and - 3} Miles the Sumatran system, for it runs in the direction from north-east to south-west. To this scarcely perceptible ridge belong the two islands of Sebesi and Krakatau in the Sunda Strait, and the system is also perhaps continued under the Indian Ocean for some six hundred miles to the Keeling Islands, which lie in a direct line with Baja Bassa and Krakatau. But yet another volcanic fault intersects that of Sumatra and Krakatau in the Sunda Strait. This is the great Javanese system, running
. The earth and its inhabitants .. . 01» 160 Feet. Depths. 160 to 320 Feet. 320 Feet and - 3} Miles the Sumatran system, for it runs in the direction from north-east to south-west. To this scarcely perceptible ridge belong the two islands of Sebesi and Krakatau in the Sunda Strait, and the system is also perhaps continued under the Indian Ocean for some six hundred miles to the Keeling Islands, which lie in a direct line with Baja Bassa and Krakatau. But yet another volcanic fault intersects that of Sumatra and Krakatau in the Sunda Strait. This is the great Javanese system, running due west and east, and marked by so many formidable igneous cones. Thus at this focus of underground forces the terrestrial crust is, so to say, starred with tremendous fissures, and here the destructive agencies have at times, and even quite recently, assumed a character of stupendous grandeur.
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