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."
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
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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
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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
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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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