12+ Mount Tambora Destruction Background. Sumbawa is flanked both to the north and south by oceanic crust, and tambora was formed by the active subduction zones beneath it. Mount tambora (or tomboro) is an active stratovolcano on sumbawa island, indonesia.
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This is the start of the destruction. The eruption of the mt. Eruption of the volcano at mount tambora in 1815 was the largest volcanic eruption of the 19th century. Mount tambora, located on the island of sumbawa, indonesia is classified as a stratovolcano.