Data from the Global Volcanism Program of the Smithsonian Institution
Details for: Tambora
Tambora volcano on Indonesia's Sumbawa Island produced of the world's largest historical eruption in April 1815. This NASA Landsat mosaic shows the 6-km-wide caldera at the top of the 2,850-m-high summit. Pyroclastic flows during the 1815 eruption reached the sea on all sides of the 60-km-wide volcanic peninsula, and the ejection of large amounts of volcanic gas (aerosols) caused world-wide temperature declines in 1815 and 1816. NASA Landsat 7 image (worldwind.arc.nasa.gov)
Volcano Number: 264040
Volcano Name: Tambora
Country: Indonesia
Volcano Type: Stratovolcano
Last Eruption: 1967 CE
Elevation: 2850m
Tectonic Setting: Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
Pop. within 5km: 4156
Pop. within 10km: 11331
Pop. within 30km: 89006
Pop. within 100km: 1036033
Latitude: -8.25
Longitude: 118



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