The town was a considerable port in the 19th century but was destroyed by a 100-foot-high
tsunami which was caused by the
1883 eruption of
Krakatoa. The present settlement still houses the
Cikoneng Lighthouse built by
the Dutch government two years later as a memorial for the townspeople killed by the eruption. It was also the starting point of the
Great Post Road, built by the Dutch in the nineteenth century, which ran around to the eastern tip of Java. Off the coast of Anyer is the island Pulau Sangiang, an uninhabited island with vast areas of untouched jungle. The area is also known for coral formations swarming with tropical fish. Anyer Beach is a tourist attraction with hot swimming water, a hotel, and rental of resting sheds, boats, four-wheeled motorcycles, water scooters, and a banana boat. Plans around 2011 proposed that the
Sunda Strait Bridge, an ambitious megaproject scheduled to start in 2014, would stretch from Anyer across the
Sunda Strait to
Lampung in South Sumatra. ==References==