Indonesia · Stratovolcano
Tambora
- Type
- Stratovolcano
- Elevation
- 2850m
- Last eruption
- 1967
- Type
- Stratovolcano
- Country
- Indonesia
- Region
- Sunda & Banda / Sunda Volcanic Arc
- Elevation
- 2850m
- Coordinates
- -8.250, 118.000
- Last eruption
- 1967
- Tectonic setting
- Subduction zone / Continental crust (> 25 km)
- Landform
- Composite
- Major rock type
- Trachybasalt / Tephrite basanite
Geological summary
The massive Tambora stratovolcano forms the entire 60-km-wide Sanggar Peninsula on northern Sumbawa Island.
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From Wikipedia
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. The 1815 eruption was the largest in recorded history, erupting up to 150 cubic kilometers of volcanic material, making it a VEI-7 on the Volcanic Explosivity Index. This caused the summer of 1816 to become known as the "Year Without a Summer" due to global cooling from the eruption.
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Eruption history
7 recordedGlossaryRecord summary
- Confirmed eruptions
- 7
- Uncertain eruptions
- 0
- Span of confirmed record
- 3910 BCE (±200 yrs) – 1967
- Largest confirmed eruption
- VEI 7 (1812)
- Confirmed eruptions since 1900
- 1
Detailed timeline
- 1967 (±20 yrs)VEI 0Observed1967-07-02 – end unknownNE part of caldera floor
- 1880 (±30 yrs)VEI 2Observed1880-07-02 – end unknownSW part of caldera (Doro Afi Toi)
- 1819VEI 2Observed1819-08-16 – end unknown
- 1812VEI 7Observed1812-07-02 – 1815-07-15
- 740 (±150 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate740 – end unknown
- 3050 BCEVEI ?Geological estimate3050 BCE – end unknown
- 3910 BCE (±200 yrs)VEI ?Geological estimate3910 BCE – end unknown
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