10+ Mount Tambora Eruption Map Gif. Its eruption in 1815 is the most powerful volcanic eruption in recorded history and is considered one of the greatest natural disasters ever to befall mankind. It has been estimated that mount tambora stood approximately 12,000 feet tall before the 1815 eruption when the top third of the mountain was completely obliterated.
Eruption of the volcano at mount tambora in 1815 was the largest volcanic eruption of the 19th century.
Massive explosive sounds were heard on the sumatra island 2600km away, which the locals had believed to. Helens's — and its ensuing worldwide pall have been the subject of. And yet, this volcano is still attracting more and more people to come and visit it. Aerial view of the caldera of mount tambora, formed during the colossal 1815 eruption.