Mount Tambora, an imposing stratovolcano that before 1815 reached an altitude of more than 4,300 meters, was the scene of the ...

Significance of the 1815 Mount Tambora Eruption Mount Tambora is a stratovolcano on the Sumbawa island in Indonesia. The volcano resides along the Sunda Arc — a chain of volcanic islands. Though it ...

In April 1815, the eruption of Tambora Volcano in Indonesia — one of the largest in recorded history — blasted ash and gases into the atmosphere purportedly causing widespread cooling and crop ...