11+ Before And After Mount Tambora Gif. Mount tambora (pictured), a volcano on the indonesian island of sumbawa, was once similar in stature to mont blanc or mount rainier. After the eruption of 1815, the maximum elevation has been reduced to 2,851 metres (9,354 ft).
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Post 1815 mount tambora is still considered an active volcano today, and since its 1815 eruption, there have been three dates of recorded activity. But before it awakened, tambora was dormant for more than 1,000 years, and many villages were clustered on the volcano's lush slopes. In 1815, the volcano mount tambora on the island of sumbawa in the dutch east indies erupted in the most explosive volcanic eruption in human history. However, tambora's deadliest effects were seen in the months after the massive explosion pumped nearly 100 megatons of sulfur gases into the stratosphere, placing the world in a nasty haze.