Mount Tambora, or Tomboro, is an active stratovolcano in West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. Located on Sumbawa in the Lesser Sunda Islands, volcanism is the result of subduction zones.

Dec 10, 2025 · Mount Tambora, volcanic mountain on the northern coast of Sumbawa island, Indonesia, that in April 1815 exploded in the largest volcanic eruption in recorded history. It is now 2,851 metres …

1 day ago · In 1815, The Largest Eruption In Recorded History Plunged Earth Into A Volcanic Winter The devastation went well beyond the initial eruption.

Mount Tambora (image above), a volcano on Sumbawa Island in present-day Indonesia (map below), erupted in April 1815. It was the most destructive explosion on Earth in the past 10,000 years.

Jun 16, 2025 · The Mount Tambora eruption on Indonesia's Sumbawa Island on April 10, 1815, was the most powerful volcanic explosion in world history.

Jan 16, 2018 · In 1815, Mount Tambora erupted on Sumbawa, an island of modern-day Indonesia. Historians regard it as the volcano eruption with the deadliest known direct impact: roughly 100,000 …

Oct 27, 2025 · The massive Tambora stratovolcano forms the entire 60-km-wide Sanggar Peninsula on northern Sumbawa Island. The volcano originally grew to about 4000 m elevation before a major …

Mount Tambora (or Tomboro) is an active stratovolcano on Sumbawa island, Indonesia. Sumbawa is flanked both to the north and south by oceanic crust, and Tambora was formed by the active …

In April 1815, [2] Mount Tambora, a volcano on the island of Sumbawa in present-day Indonesia (then part of the Dutch East Indies), erupted in what is now considered the most powerful volcanic eruption …

Oct 21, 2024 · Mount Tambora is the highest point on the Indonesian island of Sumbawa. The peak’s volcanic activity is thought to have developed between 57,000 and 43,000 years ago and was …