Mount Tambora
CountryIndonesia
TypeCaldera
Elevation2850 m
Last Eruption1967
About Mount Tambora
Largest volcanic eruption in recorded history. The 1815 eruption killed 71,000+ and caused the Year Without a Summer in 1816. Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein during the gloomy summer. Ejected 160 km3 of material. Reduced height from 4300 m to 2850 m.
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