Mount Tambora

E22956

active volcano stratovolcano

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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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Mount Tambora canonical	16
1815 eruption of Mount Tambora	9
Mount Tambora caldera	2
Mount Tambora crater	1
Tambora	1

Statements (51)

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 ⓘ

Referenced by (29)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Indonesia → hasVolcano → Mount Tambora ⓘ

Nusa Tenggara → contains → Mount Tambora ⓘ

Sumbawa → hasVolcanicFeature → Mount Tambora ⓘ

Sumbawa → hasHighestPoint → Mount Tambora ⓘ

Sumbawa → hasHistoricalEvent → Mount Tambora ⓘ