Mount Tambora

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Mount Tambora is a massive stratovolcano on the Indonesian island of Sumbawa, best known for its cataclysmic 1815 eruption that caused global climatic effects and the "Year Without a Summer."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf active volcano
stratovolcano
ashColumnHeight over 40 km in 1815 eruption
calderaDepth approximately 1100 m
calderaDiameter approximately 6 km
causedEvent 1816 agricultural failures in Europe and North America
Year Without a Summer
climate tropical
country Indonesia
deathTollEstimate over 60000 people including famine and disease
tens of thousands of people
discoveredByWesterners early 19th century European explorers
elevation approximately 2850 m
approximately 9350 ft
eruptionEndDate 1815-04-15
eruptionPeakDate 1815-04-10
eruptionStartDate 1815-04-05
eruptionType Plinian eruption
ultra-Plinian eruption
eruptionVEI VEI 7
firstRecordedAscentAfter1815 early 20th century
formedBySubductionOf Indo-Australian Plate
surface form: Australian Plate
globalTemperatureAnomaly about 0.4–0.7 °C cooling after 1815 eruption
hasCraterLake small crater lakes on caldera floor
hasEruption 1815 eruption of Mount Tambora
hasNationalPark Mount Tambora National Park
knownFor 1815 cataclysmic eruption
causing the Year Without a Summer
massive global climatic effects
lastEruption 1815
locatedIn Lesser Sunda Islands
Sanggar Peninsula
West Nusa Tenggara
locatedOn Sumbawa
locatedOnTectonicPlate Sunda Plate
magmaComposition trachyandesite
trachyte
mountainRange Sumbawa Island volcanic arc
nearbySettlementDestroyed Pekat
Sanggar
Tambora village
partOf Pacific Ring of Fire
Sunda Arc
pre1815Elevation approximately 4300 m
over 14000 ft
producedTsunami yes, during 1815 eruption
prominence approximately 2850 m
rankingByEruptionSize one of the largest eruptions in recorded history
tephraVolume over 100 km3 dense rock equivalent in 1815 eruption
volcanicExplosivityIndex 7
volcanoType stratovolcano

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Nusa Tenggara contains Mount Tambora
Indonesia hasVolcano Mount Tambora