Tambora village

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Tambora village was a settlement on the island of Sumbawa in Indonesia that was obliterated by the catastrophic 1815 eruption of Mount Tambora.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former settlement
village
archaeologicalSite yes
associatedEvent Year Without a Summer
buriedUnder thick volcanic deposits
causeOfDestruction pyroclastic flows
volcanic ash fall
continent Asia
coordinateRegion northern Sumbawa
country Indonesia
dateOfDestruction 1815-04-10
destroyedBy Mount Tambora
surface form: 1815 eruption of Mount Tambora
discovery remains identified in late 20th century
ethnicGroup Tambora people
excavatedBy Indonesian archaeologists
governedBy local kingdom of Tambora
historicalSignificance example of a settlement completely destroyed by a volcanic eruption
knownFor being obliterated in the 1815 Tambora eruption
loss of the Tambora language
languageSpoken Tambora language
locatedIn Dutch East Indies
Lesser Sunda Islands
Sumbawa
surface form: Sumbawa Island
locatedInBody Flores Sea
surface form: Flores Sea region
locatedInPresentDay West Nusa Tenggara
locatedNear Mount Tambora
surface form: Mount Tambora caldera
locatedOn Sumbawa
locatedOnSlopeOf Mount Tambora
obliteratedIn 1815
partOf Kingdom of Tambora
Tambora Peninsula
preDestructionPopulation several thousand inhabitants (approximate)
preEruptionEconomy agriculture
maritime trade
relatedTo Mount Tambora
surface form: 1815 eruption of Mount Tambora

Mount Tambora
religion Islam
status abandoned
destroyed
timePeriod early 19th century

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Mount Tambora nearbySettlementDestroyed Tambora village